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Ghosts Don’t Knock

Author: DessySly
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-11 05:09:28

Chapter Seventy Six

Julian’s POV

For a heartbeat, my brain refused to register what I was seeing.

The man standing in the doorway looked like a distorted memory, older, leaner, shadows carved deep into his face. His hair was darker than I remembered, streaked with silver, but those eyes… those eyes hadn’t changed.

“Hello, Julian,” he said, his voice low but clear.

Aria froze beside me. I could feel the tension rippling off her, like she knew she was standing in the middle of something monumental but didn’t yet know the shape of it.

My grip on her chin had slipped when the door opened, but now my hand found hers instinctively, holding it tighter than I should have. “You’re supposed to be dead,” I said.

The man’s mouth curved into something that wasn’t quite a smile. “And you were supposed to be smarter.”

Aria’s eyes darted between us, confusion darkening to something sharper, suspicion. “Who is he?” she asked, her tone steady, though her fingers twitched slightly in mine.

I didn’t answ
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