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CHAPTER NINETY THREE

Author: Wren Gray
last update publish date: 2026-05-16 22:44:28

"The most dangerous rooms are the ones you walk into without knowing you won't walk out."

SOFIA

I come back to consciousness slowly.

Not all at once. In pieces. Sound first — a distant dripping of water somewhere, the low murmur of voices, the particular hollow echo of a large empty space. Then feeling — my arms pulled back and bound, something hard beneath me, the cold of a room that hasn't been warm in a long time.

Then everything else.

I open my eyes.

The warehouse is enormous and dim. High
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Dante dying/ disappearing was awful, but this creep killing the baby feels even worse. That water had something in it, right?! Pregnancy and miscarriage forced or natural are heavy topics, not plot devices changed like shirts. If this was the plan, why make her pregnant at all? It’s cruel.
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