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Chapter 198
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2026-05-08 23:18:00Veronica's POV
Four stopped sleeping. I watched him deteriorate over three days, pacing the house at night, jumping at shadows, refusing to talk about the nightmare that woke him screaming. He looked haunted in a way I had not seen since the early days after we first met. This was different though. Deeper. Older.
On the fourth morning, I found him in Monte's room at dawn, just watching our son sleep. His face was wet with tears.
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