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CHAPTER 105 - The Question

Author: Lila Williams
last update publish date: 2026-02-04 17:38:27

Three years passed in the mountains.

Hope turned twelve. Damien's hair went gray at the temples. I found wrinkles around my eyes that had not been there before. The garden grew wild and beautiful. Life happened. Ordinary. Quiet. Almost normal.

Almost.

Because you cannot truly erase what you have been. Cannot pretend the past did not happen. Cannot become someone who never carried the weight.

It shows in small ways. In how Hope flinches at sudden noises. In how Damien sleeps with one hand under
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