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CASSANDRA'S TAUNTS

Author: ABY
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-20 03:19:09

Olivia’s POV

The morning sunlight spilled through the curtains like it was mocking me. Too bright. Too warm. It didn’t belong here, not after the night I’d just lived through.

The house was silent, the kind of silence that doesn’t comfort—it punishes. Ethan’s words still echoed in every room. You’re not my mother. I’d heard those words a hundred times in my dreams since he left, but they still sounded like a gunshot.

My hands trembled as I reached for the mug on the counter. Cold coffee. My throat felt like sandpaper, but I drank anyway. Anything to keep from crying again.

Then, a sharp knock.

Once. Twice.

Three times, fast and deliberate.

I froze.

No one knocked like that unless they wanted to hurt you.

When I opened the door, she was already smiling.

Cassandra.

Dressed in white, same as the day she stood in front of those reporters—like she was purity wrapped in silk. But her eyes told the truth. They were sharp, glittering, cruel.

“Good morning,” she said smoothly, stepping inside
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