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Chapter 13: Another Call

Author: Shirley South
last update publish date: 2025-11-17 16:45:29

Bella's POV

Later that evening, the countryside was unnervingly still. It was the kind of silence that presses on your ears until you're sure something is wrong. I sat curled in the armchair near the window, staring out at the fading light in the sky. Rose had finally drifted to sleep hours ago, and Martha was ticked away in her room, catching whatever rest she could. And for once, since today, the cottage was calm.

I should have been calm too, but I wasn't. I was replaying Cole's call in my he
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