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17: Whispers In The Garden.

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“He will drag me down with him, and together we'll rewrite paradise in ash.”

Baron’s POV

Morning came with no peace.

I woke with that same gnawing in my chest, the same unease that had stalked me all night.

Even in my sleep, he had haunted me.

His words wouldn’t leave my head.

His order to meet him at the warehouse—it lingered like a shadow pressing against my heart.

I should have been strong, steadfast, anchored in prayer, but all I felt was… confused.

So I knelt by my bedside, my rosary beads tangled between my fingers, as I whispered prayers from the book of Psalms;

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

Yet even as I recited it, fear coiled deeper inside me.

It wasn't the fear of Ezreal’s threats alone, but of myself. Of what I might do if I obeyed him. Of what I might crave if I saw him again.

I bathed, dressed, forced bread down my throat, but nothing stilled the turmoil.

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Im sorry Elias but boy you need to mind your own business or you're gonna get in trouble
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