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Chapter 49

Author: TemsRay
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-04 13:45:17

It was supposed to be a normal day.

Ruben had promised. Just me, Daph, and the college we’d been dreaming about since we were fifteen.

And he kept his word.

At first, I felt free. Walking down the campus walkway, backpack in hand, head high. Just like any other student. For once, I wasn’t Mrs. Delwunco, I was just Lia. A freshman. A girl with dreams.

But I should’ve known.

Freedom in my world always came at a price.

I never saw them coming.

One second I was laughing with Daph about how dramatic our lecturer looked, the next tires screeched, masked men jumped out of a van, and before I could scream, everything went dark.

I woke up gagged, my hands tied. Blood dripping from my temple. A stinging cut above my brow. My legs ached. My mind was hazy.

They had taken me to a warehouse, cold, damp, and silent except for the crunch of boots and murmured threats in a language I didn’t understand. But I knew fear when I felt it.

And I felt it in every inch of my body.

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