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Chapter 35 — Where One Dares to Return

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ALEXANDRE

I haven't slept.

Not a minute.

I've been sitting here, stuck in this uncomfortable hotel chair, staring blankly at the beige wallpaper, my breath ragged, my throat tight from a silence too heavy.

Cassandre is sleeping in the room.

I don't know anything anymore. I look at her, lying there, perfectly groomed, the sheets barely wrinkled, and everything seems false to me. Too controlled. Too smooth.

And I fell into it like a fool.

She cried, whispered her worries about the baby, and I reacted as she hoped. I ran.

I left Lyra, without thinking.

Not even a glance back.

I see her face again.

Her eyes. Her silence. No screams. No gestures. Just that raw, naked pain in her gaze. And I fled. Like a coward.

I run a hand over my face.

Disgust clings to my skin.

I did what I swore I would never do again: abandon someone who matters.

But Lyra... she wasn't just anyone: she was everything to me, with her I started to feel such strong emotions.

But I messed it all up.

I stand up, with a sha
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