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Chapter 163: The calm before it breaks..

Author: Clara Asonye
last update publish date: 2026-04-30 01:07:03

Layla’s POV

Everything after that moved too fast.

Sirens were louder . Voices grew, hands were pulling Elena onto a stretcher. There was blood everywhere.

I barely remember how we got to the hospital.

One second I was holding her hand, calling her name, begging her to stay awake… the next, she was gone behind swinging doors with doctors shouting over each other.

Now I’m here….Waiting and pacing.

Trying not to lose my mind.

“She has multiple injuries,” the doctor had said not long ago, his tone
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