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Kemal's Silence

Author: Ivy Farrow
last update publish date: 2026-09-05 19:41:27

Kemal’s POV

My throat burned with the taste of cheap smoke, salt, and old copper.

The SUV’s engine hummed low and steady, a mechanical beast moving through the dense pine forest in the dead of night. I sat in the backseat, hidden deep in the shadows, my bloody knuckles resting on my knees.

Every breath felt like dragging broken glass through my chest. My ribs were cracked from Hakan’s guards, but the physical pain was nothing. It was a faint whisper compared to the violent storm churning insid
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