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CHAPTER 262

Author: Vivi Anne
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Lucas’s POV

The hospital hallway felt like a cold, it's sterile tunnel, lights buzzing overhead as I stood with Ethan, my heart pounding like a trapped animal against my ribs.

My pulse raced, my throat raw from the day’s chaos, my eyes stinging with the weight of Austin’s lingering shadow over my family.

Olivia and the kids were resting in their room, but my stomach churned, my hands trembling with the fear that we weren’t safe yet—not with Austin still alive.

Ethan leaned against the wall, his eyes burning with exhaustion, his pulse steady but his heart heavy with shared pain.

He pulled a small flask from his jacket, his throat tightening as he unscrewed the cap, the faint scent of whiskey cutting through the antiseptic air.

“I know it’s a hospital, but you need this,” he said, his voice low, his pulse faltering as he took a sip, his eyes glistening with the strain of everything.

My throat burned, my heart thudding as I nodded, accepting the flask, my hands trembling as the bur
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