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Chapter 44 The Weight of Choosing

Author: Joyce Peterson
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-19 17:12:35

Audrey’s POV

The smell of damp concrete, like mildew that no amount of bleach could remove, was always present in the underground hideout, and it hit my lungs as soon as we descended the ladder. Although it wasn't actually a house, it was the only location where no one else could see, hear, or follow us.

This place was our temporary hideout since we successfully burned down the fake clinic.

And it seemed as though the world above was no longer ours after tonight, after the girl in the cage, and after the fire and blood.

Rina didn’t let go of me, not for once. Even when Caleb carried her down the ladder, and not when Derek slammed the hatch shut.

Adrian stumbled bleeding through the door with his arm around Derek’s shoulder. Rina just clung with fingers tight in my sleeve, and her face hidden against me.

As if I were the sole thing holding her to this planet.

I was not sure of how to handle her. I couldn't get rid of the feeling that I would have been in that cage if things had g
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