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Author: Lavidel
last update publish date: 2026-07-20 20:45:37
Brian’s truck screeched into the hospital parking lot, tires kicking up gravel. He didn’t remember the drive — only the blur of streetlights and the sick knot twisting tighter in his gut with every red light he ignored.

He burst through the emergency doors, chest heaving. The sterile smell of antiseptic hit him like a slap.

“Lyra Callahan,” he rasped at the nurse behind the desk. “She was brought in earlier. I’m her brother.”

The nurse checked her screen. “She’s stable. Room 214. Second floor
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