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CHAPTER 9:Under His Watch

Author: Hannahgold
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-27 14:43:57

LYRA

The girl in the mirror doesn’t look like me.

Her silver hair hangs messily over her shoulders, her eyes dull, hollow. I stare at her, gripping the edge of the sink until my knuckles ache. This isn’t the life I signed up for. This isn’t me.

I leave the bathroom with my pulse pounding in my ears. The towel clings damply to my skin as I walk to the wardrobe. Maybe if I just change quickly, maybe if I do everything right, he won’t…

The thought fades the moment I open the wardrobe doors.

Every single dress inside is either black or red. Rows and rows of them tight, silky, expensive.

“What the actual fuck?” I whisper. “How am I supposed to know which one?”

Frustration burns through me. I rake my fingers through my hair and scream, the sound echoing off the walls. My mind flashes to the basement those two people, the lifeless stillness in their eyes. My stomach twists. He killed them. And if I’m not careful, he’ll kill me too.

I need to get out.

Where’s my phone?

I rush to my bag, throw
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