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Chapter 26

Author: Joy Heart
last update publish date: 2026-03-10 01:57:27

Naomi’s POV

The darkness was not black. It was a strange, heavy gray. I felt like I was underwater, trying to swim to the surface, but the water was made of lead. I could hear voices, but they sounded like they were coming from a long, metal tunnel.

"She’s waking up! Look, her eyes are moving!"

I forced my eyelids to open. The light was blinding. It was that same hospital white that I had seen in my dreams about Lucas. For a terrifying second, I thought I was back in the city, and that the guar
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