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HUNDRED THIRTY SIX

Author: Samuelade
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-11 19:22:20

SARAPHINA’S POV

I pulled my blanket over my head and tried to disappear into my pillow. The room felt smaller than usual, like the walls were pressing in on me from all sides. My roommates had been gone for hours, attending pledging activities that I wasn't invited to. Not that I wanted to go anyway. The last thing I needed was more whispers and pointed stares.

The silence was almost peaceful. Almost. But then the air in the room shifted, grew colder, and I felt that familiar prickle along my spine. The one that meant I wasn't alone anymore.

"Hello, daughter."

I didn't move. Didn't lift my head. I knew that voice, knew the way it could sound so gentle while hiding sharp edges underneath.

"Go away," I mumbled into my pillow.

"Now, that's no way to greet your mother."

I finally sat up, pushing my hair out of my face. Riona stood by the window, but she wasn't really there. Her form shimmered like heat waves, translucent and wrong. An apparition. A ghost of a living person who had no busi
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