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Chapter 9 ~ Evil

Author: Clinton Edits
last update publish date: 2026-05-18 15:44:43
{Ragna's POV}

I was panting.

I was panting really heavily but I didn’t seem to know why.

But then that wasn’t my focus.

Voices pooled all around me and the ground seemed to be trembling, but none of that was my concern.

My mother was, so I threw my gaze to her and rushed to her now, pulling her into a tight hug first. But then I broke it and ran my gaze over her body.

I adjusted her clothes from where it had nearly been ripped off to expose her nakedness. I then checked her body for bruises
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