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Chapter 9

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His words struck harder than any blow, sharper than any blade.

Punishment.

The syllables reverberated in my chest, tearing through bone and breath until I could barely feel the ground beneath my feet.

For a moment, I forgot the blood on his shirt, the fight that still echoed faintly in the night air. I forgot the car that had just vanished into the shadows. All I saw was him, Kenneth Diego, standing before me like a broken monument. His chest rose and fell, each breath ragged, like the words had ripped something out of him too.

“I don’t” My voice cracked, fragile. “I don’t understand.”

Kenneth released my wrist slowly, as if the weight of his grip had burned him. He staggered back a step, dragging a bloodied hand across his jaw. The night wind caught his shirt, torn and hanging from his frame, revealing the deep bruise already darkening along his ribs.

“You’re not supposed to,” he said finally, his tone flat. Brutal. A verdict, not an explanation.

Anger clawed at me, burning through t
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