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Author: Mira Knox
last update publish date: 2026-05-10 12:10:34

ALEXANDER ANTONIO'S

Sergio followed behind me in silence as we moved down the hospital corridor. The entire floor felt suffocating. Heavy. Every nurse, every doctor, every guard we passed immediately stepped aside the second they saw my face. No one spoke. No one tried to stop me. I owned the hospital.

They could feel it. The rage. The violence sitting just beneath my skin. My stitches burned with every step. Warm blood slowly soaked through the fresh bandages wrapped around my ribs, but I ig
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