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~Kiva

Moments later, a figure emerges at the window, clambering through.

I tense, watching Ark duck his head under the glass, snow dusting his shoulders and hair. I admire the ease at which he climbed up the trellis considering the amount of times I have fallen from it.

He removes his cloth mask, breath clouding in front of me as he meets my gaze.

His expression immediately softens. "Hey, are you okay?"

I look down at my hands, unable to face him. This is the most horrifying discovery I have ever made and I am still reeling from it.

"I...no."

He's crouched in front of me in an instant, grabbing my hands in his gloved one's. The ice still lingering on the fabric burns at my skin, but I welcome the distraction.

"What happened?" he asks gently.

"I found something. Bad," I tell him, fighting past the lump in my throat to say it.

I feel so stupid. How many years was this going on and I never knew about it? Ark allowed me to hate him for weeks, trying to protect me from the horror that I wo
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