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CHAPTER 58- After the War

Author: Zieey
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-04-23 16:56:46

Learning to live after the war turned out to be harder than surviving it.

A month had passed since Jonathan’s arrest and the fire, yet the silence that followed never felt like peace. Jonathan was in prison. Diana had been institutionalized. Sienna was under psychiatric care. Every known threat had been contained.

And still, I did not feel safe.

I flinched every time the doorbell rang, my heart jumping before I could stop it. I checked the locks more than necessary, sometimes standing there lon
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