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CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT

Penulis: Chel-C
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-02-09 16:02:40

Chapter 48 – The Voice in the Dark

Ariana’s POV

The message burned into my screen.

He’s lying. Your father is alive.

For a second, I forgot how to breathe.

Victor noticed immediately. His eyes dropped to my hand, sharp and calculating. “Who just contacted you?”

“No one,” I said too fast.

Ethan stiffened beside me. Luca’s gaze flicked from my face to the phone, then back again, suspicion tightening his features.

Victor stepped closer. Too close. “Give me the phone.”

My fingers curled around it i
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