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Chapter One Hundred-Fifty-Four

Author: Ellie Wynters
last update publish date: 2026-03-17 10:09:42

“I should be.” The words came out a pitch higher than she intended. “I’m not the one who got shot at for a livin’. I’m not the one who’s seen combat. You went through way worse and you’re fine, so I should be fine.”

“That’s not how it works.” His hand stroked through her hair, slow and soothing. “Post-traumatic stress disorder doesn’t care about what you should be able to handle. It just is. And what you went through, watching Jon die, being shot at, thinking you were going to die, that’s traum
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