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Chapter 102: Haunting Shadows

Author: Neerfa
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-06-07 06:57:52

Ethan's POV

The shadow didn't move again.

I stood completely still and watched the space between the covered furniture, my eyes straining against the dim, flickering light, waiting. My own breathing felt obscenely loud in the silence. Too fast. Too shallow. Like something that could be heard from across the room.

Nothing moved.

Maybe it had been the light playing tricks. Maybe the shifting pulse of that dying bulb had stretched a shadow at the wrong angle and my mind had done the rest.

Maybe.

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