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118. Shaken

Author: Medara
last update publish date: 2026-07-28 13:18:41

🍃 Arria POV

I closed the front door behind Fenrir’s back and stayed still for a moment longer, making sure he would not hear what was to come.

Then one low whimper left me, and the tears started.

I slid to the ground with my back against the wall, pulled my legs against my chest, hugged them, and lowered my face over my knees.

I crumbled.

My parents were alive.

They are alive, I repeated.

I had not cried back then.

I could not hold it now.

The relief that they were all right was so overwhelmin
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