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Echoes of the Fire

Penulis: Sarah Richard
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-05 01:06:16

As dawn bled faint gold over the city skyline, Elena sat upright in bed, unable to shake the whisper that haunted her since last night: Ask him about the fire. The words had crawled under her skin, restless and relentless, spinning through her thoughts like smoke that refused to clear.

Beside her, Damian slept — or pretended to. Even in sleep, his expression was unreadable, as if his dreams, too, obeyed his control. His hand rested on his chest, a faint scar barely visible under the loose fabric of his shirt. She’d noticed it before but never dared to ask where it came from. Now, she wondered if that scar was part of the story the stranger wanted her to uncover.

Elena rose quietly, wrapping herself in a silk robe. She stepped out onto the balcony of the penthouse, the morning air sharp against her skin. The city below was alive already, cars threading through the streets like veins pulsing with life. Somewhere down there, people were living simpler lives — lives not trapped in gilded
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