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"We used to be real"

Author: Ishq
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-02 03:14:05

The midnight mist pressed itself upon Manhattan like a sheet. The corridors of Blackwell & Co., usually sharp, felt still and silent tonight. The soft hum of neon lights from the city winked faintly beyond the tall windows, and inside the office, silence weighed down like cold ice upon marble.

It started with a soft sound.

A faint alert chimed from Lucian’s laptop.

He was slouched in the leather chair, his shirt sleeves rolled, tired lines carving faint shadows upon his sharp cheekbones. Yet as the screen winked to life, the air changed into a cold atmosphere. The headline blared across the screen screaming.

BREAKING: DR. ELARA JENSEN CONFIRMED DEAD IN TRAGIC ACCIDENT

June 24. Upstate New York. A single-car crash. No survivors found.

The sting that rose inside his heart was sharp and fast. Lucian froze for a moment.

Elara Jensen , the witness, the doctor, the keeper of secrets buried five years ago, the woman who was the only way for him to know what happened five years ago is gone.
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