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TWENTY THREE

Auteur: Darcel
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Isla’s POV

I didn’t sleep.

I *couldn’t.*

The entire night had been a blur of spiralling thoughts, and now I sat on the edge of my bed, knees bouncing restlessly, my heart pounding a cruel rhythm in my chest. My leg wouldn’t stop shaking. My hands were clenched tightly in my lap, clammy and cold. I hadn’t cried—not yet. My body had moved far past sadness. Now it was all terror, sharp and breathless, wrapping around my ribs like a vice.

The truth was out

Lucien knew.

And yet, after everything unravelled… after I’d finally stood in front of him and signed out the barest fragments of the truth… he’d dismissed me.

Not with anger. Not with understanding either.

Just a quiet, unreadable, “We’ll continue this tomorrow.”

And he walked away.

That, more than anything else, scared me.

If he had yelled, I would’ve known what to expect. If he’d looked at me with disappointment or disgust, at least I’d have had clarity. But instead, he was calm. Too calm. Like a storm about to split the sky open.

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