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The Choice
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2026-09-18 00:00:33Alejandro
The children stood beside the vehicles in complete silence. There were eleven of them. Too young to understand why armed men had brought them into a restricted area. Too frightened to ask the questions their faces were already carrying.I counted them twice. Eleven. Then I noticed the youngest. She was holding another child's hand. A boy. Neither was looking at the soldiers. They were staring at the ground.“Lucien,” I said quietly.“I see t
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