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Chapter 64 – After the Storm
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2026-06-06 00:33:39The trip back felt like it lasted an eternity, even though the clock showed less than two hours. Elias’s SUV cut through the dark road with the headlights low, as if even the light were afraid of drawing attention. Inside the car, the silence was dense, almost sacred—the kind of silence that comes after a battle that nearly cost everything.
Matthew wouldn’t let go of my neck. He was curled up in my lap like he was still five years old, his
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