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Thirty-Five

Author: Luxie
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-01-25 22:46:12
LISA POV

Three days had passed since Cameron walked out of my room after I lied about being hurt.

Three days of silence.

No footsteps in the hallway at nine. No knock on the door. No demands for my body, my compliance, or anything else.

Nothing.

I should have been relieved to finally let my body recover. Instead the silence gnawed at me.

The isolation felt suffocating. Evangeline hadn’t sent for me. It was as if I stopped existing the moment I became inconvenient.

Cameron’s absence was worse.

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