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Shattered Trust

Author: DELEPU
last update publish date: 2026-02-04 21:57:43

In the morning, Alina woke to the sound of screaming from the end of the corridor.

"Optimus! Optimus is missing!"

Junior's voice. High-pitched. Panicked.

Alina sat up immediately, heart pounding. She recognized that tone. Junior only cried like that when something was truly wrong.

She leaped from bed, ran to the door, tried the handle.

Locked. Of course it was locked.

"Junior!" Alina shouted, pounding on the door. "Junior, sweetheart, what happened?"

But her voice didn't reach him. Or was ignor
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