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Predators In Plain Sight

Author: Mayemura Special
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-07-14 18:07:54

Alejandro’s POV

I have never enjoyed being in photos. Maybe it’s the years of silence. The bruises that healed too quickly. The lessons drilled into me since I was a boy: stay small, stay invisible, stay quiet. But that day with Zenith’s family? I felt something I hadn’t felt in years. Belonging. Her mother had insisted on a photo, soft laughter in her voice, phone in hand, eyes bright with joy.

And I let her. I smiled. I even let myself feel the warmth of it, the way Zenith leaned into me, th
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