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Chapter 13 — The Child They Protected

Author: Vivian Ashford
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-12 06:56:33

59:59.

The numbers glowed on Ethan's phone.

For several seconds, no one spoke.

Ava stared at the photograph of Lily as if staring long enough might somehow pull her daughter out of it. The room around her—the lights, the security officers, Marcus speaking urgently into his phone—seemed to recede until there was nothing left except that small face on the screen.

Lily was alive.

That should have been enough to bring relief.

Instead, Ava felt something colder.

Someone wanted them to see her.

Someo
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