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Chapter 32 “SAFE HAVEN”

Author: Ivana
last update publish date: 2026-08-05 18:26:00

Elizabeth's POV

The library had always been a safe haven for me. A place of solitude and quiet, where the weight of reality seemed to lessen, even if just a little. But today, it felt different. Haley's absence left a hollow space that I couldn't fill no matter how hard I tried. My mind, however, was not entirely on the library's quiet halls or the books that needed sorting.

Prav's lifeless eyes haunted me. The memory of his pale, bloodless body flashed in my mind every time I blinked. I shook
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