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PEACE AFTER THE WAR

Author: Wren Gray
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-17 23:32:45

DAMIEN

The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that Kiva was still asleep.

She was lying beside me, her white hair spread across the pillow and a small crease between her brows. Even in sleep, she looked as though she was fighting some invisible battle.

I turned onto my side and watched her for a while.

There had been a time when I believed peace was something weak people wanted. Something temporary. Something that made a person careless. But watching my wife sleep peacefully in my bed, I
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