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SEVENTY TWO

Author: Inkbyjane
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-06-27 16:18:26

Jane’s POV

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The loud sound of a shotgun shell racking into a chamber cut through the pitch-black dining room. It was sharp, cold, and loud enough to pierce through the relentless roar of the wind outside.

I didn't lower my hand. The white beam of my flashlight remained locked onto Benjamin whose knees had just given way in the center of the shattered glass shards. My heart knocked against my ribs like a trapped bird. My fingers tightened around the cold iron casing of the flashlight
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