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CHAPTER 234: A BRAVE DAY

Author: Remi Winters
last update publish date: 2026-05-15 06:20:42
EMBER’S POV

I can see everything from where I’m pinned in the kitchen. The hallway is short — bathroom, bedroom, storage room at the end, the door hanging open.

Maurice is inside the room. I can see his back, his body positioned between the doorway and where Gale is chained, and in his hand is a kitchen knife that he grabbed from the drawer on his way through.

His hands are shaking so badly that the blade is catching the light in irregular flashes.

Harrison reaches the doorway and stops. He look
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REBECCA LITTKE
Gale got what he deserved, and Harrison got off easy. I wonder what Logan will do now. :/ Poor Maurice, at least he did one thing right for Ember before he dies.
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Gi Gi
Sorry I meant *Ember
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Gi Gi
sorry I meant *Ember
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