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Chapter 11

Author: G.V.STELLARIS
last update publish date: 2026-05-18 21:31:45

POV DEFNE

The room went completely still.

I stared at the faded bruises on my arm as though they belonged to someone else. Under the warm kitchen lights, the marks looked older than I remembered, yellowed slightly at the edges but still visible enough for anyone paying attention to understand exactly what had left them there.

For one humiliating second, neither of us moved.

Then I pulled my sleeve down too quickly.

“It’s nothing.”

The lie sounded weak even to me.

Adem’s gaze remained fixed on m
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