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Chapter 70

Author: Rose D' Arc
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-22 15:56:37

Zerah

The drive back to my home, if one could call it that, seemed to span an eternity in the silence. My hands were tightly clenched around the steering wheel.

The echoes of the panic I'd felt in the parking lot earlier still rang through me. I couldn't deny that I was slightly shaken, but it wasn't jarring.

Not when i'd expected it. Not when I'd already been warned.

FLASHBACK: THE COFFEE SHOP

I stood up to leave when Elena suddenly grabbed my arm.

“Wait,” she said, her voice more urgent. My breath hitched as she pulled me back, leaning in.

“Sit down.” She whispered an urgency in her tone that made me alarmed.

What was wrong?

My gut coiled in anxiety as I obeyed.

“There's no way he doesn't know about this meeting. With the people following me, he… he'll probably have predicted why I'm here.” she said, her expression shifting into something unreadable.

“If he knows, then he might go after you. He might try to take...” she trailed off, but the insinuation was clear.

My skin pric
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