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Chapter 12: Fighter

Author: Yñanana
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-22 15:53:42

Nana Marie sat beside Thalia with her hands folded tightly in her lap. The tension in her fingers betrayed the stillness of her frame. She had not moved for hours not even to eat or rest her eyes. Her entire focus remained locked on the girl lying broken in the bed.

Even in sleep, Thalia looked like she was suffering.

Her brows occasionally twitched, her breath came in shallow rises, and the tremor in her fingers hadn't stopped...not even once since they'd brought her in. The bruises on her arms were dark and ugly, like cruel fingerprints left behind by something inhuman. Her skin that was once vibrant, was now ghostly pale. Lips cracked and colorless. There was no peace in her expression and it made Nana’s chest ache.

She had seen many young women in pain before—abandoned daughters, battered wives, grieving mothers—but none had ever looked so... hollow.

When Thalia had first arrived at the emergency bay, limp in Kael’s arms, everyone thought she was already gone. But by some miracle,
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