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Seventy-Four

Author: Luxie
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-18 23:45:41

Alec

The scent of darkness clung to Lucas's living room. He was sitting on the floor, back against the wall, knees up. I didn’t move to touch him. Instead, I stood there, looking at the rug where the pool of his wife's blood had been. The outline was still faint. Or maybe it was my imagination.

Lucas’s red-rimmed eyes locked on me.

“You knew, didn’t you?”

My heart skipped. Sweat ran down my back. I’d never been in this tight a spot. Ever. I could still hear their little boy’s cries even after Maya had taken him away, before Lucas lost his mind in front of the boy. And thank the stars she did.

“I’m sorry.”

Even I didn’t believe my apology. “Lucas, I need you to breathe. We don’t have the whole picture yet.”

He scoffed. “The picture? My wife is dead. You knew she was fucking that dirty guard!”

I flinched. “I tried to warn her.”

“No, you didn’t. You threatened her.”

I didn’t argue. He wasn’t wrong. But I didn’t mean it as a death sentence. I didn’t know that would be the last time I’d se
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