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Chapter 84

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Amara’s POV

The sound of my own scream startled me awake. “Please wait—please don't leave me!” I gasped, my heart slamming against my ribs. For a moment, I didn't know where I was—only that a hand touched mine and a voice spoke softly beside me.

“Amara, it’s all right. I’m here,” Alessandro murmured. His thumb brushed across my knuckles. “Just a bad dream.”

The relief that followed was almost dizzying. To wake up from terror and see him there—his face close, his voice calm—felt like waking into a new world. Everything that had happened these past few days—him making breakfast, driving me to see Nonna, the quiet talks we shared—wasn't a dream. It was real. And somehow, impossibly, it was my new reality.

He waited a moment before asking, “What was it about?”

I hesitated. How do you tell your husband you dreamt of ghosts you’ve never met? Of parents whose faces you’ve never seen, whose absence has always been louder than their existence? But the words slipped out anyway.

“It w
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