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CHAPTER 63 – The Fault Line Between Us

작가: Christy O.
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The safehouse felt colder than it had two days ago. Not physically—Ava had made sure the space heaters were on, warm light filling the corners—but emotionally, like the air itself had absorbed every ounce of fear, every whisper of doubt Kane had planted.

Night pressed against the windows, a thick velvet darkness broken only by the soft glow of the bedside lamp. Ethan lay reclined against the pillows, still pale, still healing, but awake. Watching. Always watching her with those steady, unreadable eyes.

Ava stood near the dresser, arms folded, pretending she wasn’t shaken by the encrypted message Marcus had delivered an hour ago. Pretending she wasn’t replaying Kane’s voice in her head.

Ethan’s voice broke the silence first.

“Come sit with me,” he murmured gently, but there was no mistaking the command beneath the softness.

Ava hesitated. Not because she didn’t want to—but because she wasn’t sure she’d survive the way he looked at her. Quiet, intense, like he knew everything she was af
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