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Chapter 5

Penulis: Darkliana
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-14 09:33:17

ZARA (AUTHOR POV)

The next morning didn’t feel like morning at all.

Zara woke up earlier than usual, not because she was rested, but because her mind refused to stay quiet after what happened in the middle of the night. The voices. The tension outside her door. Adrian’s voice—calm, controlled, final. It all replayed in fragments that refused to make sense when placed together.

She sat up slowly, pressing her palm against her forehead as if that could steady her thoughts.

But nothing about this
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