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Genevieve’s POV

The forest held its breath as I walked through it, André just a step behind me. The silence wasn’t peaceful it was thick, almost suffocating, like the world itself knew where I was going and chose to stand still for it. No birdsong, no wind, not even the rustle of branches. Only the steady crunch of leaves beneath my boots and the harsh rhythm of my own breath too shallow, too loud in all that aching quiet.

The morning light filtered through the tangled canopy above, casting long slashes of gold and smoke-gray across the ground. Sunlight clung to the low mist like it was reluctant to let go of the night, and I understood that feeling more than I wanted to admit.

My fingers trembled where they were tucked into the sleeves of my jacket. I hadn’t realized how cold I was until we’d left the warmth of the house. Now the chill bit into my bones, but it wasn’t just the weather it was him. It was the past pressing in from all sides.

I hadn’t walked this path in years.

I had re
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