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Chapter 9 - Consumed by a Stranger

作者: Florence Su
last update publish date: 2026-05-31 09:55:16

The doors swung shut behind her with a hollow, final thud, sealing her inside the sterile room.

I was left standing alone in the hallway, the oppressive silence pressing down on me like a weight I couldn't lift. My legs felt like they’d turned to stone, rooted in place as if the universe itself was urging me to stay, urging me to hold fast to that fragile female beyond those doors. It felt like I was being guided deeper into a fate I could no longer deny, a path I was always meant to walk.

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