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CHAPTER 80

Author: Natalie May
last update publish date: 2026-03-29 00:13:14

VALENTINA

“Who are you?”

The words tore out of me before I even realized I was speaking. My voice cracked through the silence, sounding sharp and desperate.

The woman didn’t move at first. Her back remained turned, the faint rise and fall of her shoulders the only sign that she was real. My fingers trembled against the light switch to turn the rest of the lights on. I could hear my own heartbeat pounding in my ears, thundering in the otherwise still kitchen.

“Who are you?” I asked again, loude
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