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Chapter 72: Awake
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2026-06-23 19:32:00Valerie woke slowly, the world arriving back to her in pieces.
The white ceiling first. The steady beep of a monitor somewhere to her right. The particular antiseptic smell that meant hospital before her mind had fully caught up with the rest of it. Then Adrian's hand, warm and tight around hers, his face coming into focus as she turned her head toward him.
"Hey," he said quietly.
"What happened?" she said, her voice
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