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Chapter 29:Clean Breaks, Dirty Secrets

Author: EllHopia
last update publish date: 2026-02-04 17:22:33

The plane touched down with a soft jolt.

Hezekiah’s stomach twisted as the wheels hit the runway. Reality rushed back in all at once.

They were landing.

Going home.

Going back to real life.

Darius unbuckled his seatbelt the second the light chimed on. Efficient. Controlled. Distant again.

She watched his hands—the same hands that had held her like she mattered more than anything else just hours ago.

He caught her staring.

“What?” he asked quietly.

“Nothing,” she lied.

They stood with the rest o
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