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CHAPTER 182

Author: Universeleap
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-04 23:37:28

Mia's POV

I drifted back to consciousness slowly, like swimming up from deep water. The first thing I registered was the softness beneath me and a scent I knew intimately—cedarwood and mint. My eyes flew open as my heart skipped painfully.

This is my old room. Our room. How did I get here?

Confusion flooded through me as I took in the familiar surroundings—the pale blue walls, my favorite quilt folded at the foot of the bed, my dog-eared books still lined up on the shelf. Nothing had changed, yet everything had.

Did they bring me back here? Why would they do that after everything that happened?

My hand moved instinctively to my stomach, fingers spreading protectively over the tiny life growing within me. The memories of what happened before I passed out came rushing back—the cruel laughter, the humiliation, the feeling of my knees against the hard floor as they forced me to crawl.

My baby felt that. All that stress, that fear. I should have been stronger.

I sat up carefully, wincing a
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