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Chapter 10 – Borrowed Time

Penulis: Florence Su
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-06-01 12:19:04

Inzinga’s Point of View again

The sterile white walls of the medical wing were starting to feel like a shroud.

I sat up in bed, the movement still sending a sharp, tugging protest through the incision in my abdomen. Dora called it a C-section, a human term for a surgical miracle that had saved Marrow when my own body had tried to become his tomb.

I ran a hand over the thick bandages beneath my gown, my fingers trembling.

I was healing.

My strength was returning in slow increments, and with tha
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