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The Weight of Remembering

Author: Beth
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-08 19:55:24

ZOE'S POV

It was a quiet morning. I was at the window, watching the dawn break.

I hadn’t really slept. I kept thinking about Owen. He seemed to have wanted to say something when he came to see me yesterday. I saw it in the way he struggled to find words. He was holding back. He always did when it came to me.

And I missed him.

Not just Owen himself, but the way he always looked out for me, how he always made me feel protected.

I wished I could tell him the truth about my memories returning. But I couldn’t—not yet. Not until I knew what to do with them.

That was when the sirens broke the silence.

At first, I thought they would fade past. But then they slowed, and the sound thickened, echoing against the walls of our compound. My heart sank.

Jamie walked into the living room rubbing his eyes, with the lights flashing around us.

The knock on the door was sharp.

When Austin opened it, the officers stepped inside with a certainty that made my heart clench.

“Mr. Perkins,” one of them said
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