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Chapter 35: From hurt to hard

Author: Kaya N
last update publish date: 2026-02-08 08:00:17
Lina’s POV

I don’t remember getting out of the building.

The only thing I remember is hands on my arms. Cold air. Someone said “clear” in my ear like I was part of the equipment being moved.

The car smelled like leather and gun oil. I kept waiting for another shot to come through the window, for glass again, for Carlino to shove me down. It never came. That almost made it worse.

He didn’t look at me the entire drive. Not once. His phone was already in his ear before the doors were fully shu
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