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CHAPTER 49 — The Mark

Author: Chloee Ariadne
last update publish date: 2025-10-28 13:03:55

~ ISLA ~

The man who had been approaching me stopped in his tracks, his head snapping toward the sound.

As quick as lightning, he darted away from the bed, grabbed the camera, and stepped back into the shadows with practiced precision. Before I could blink, he was gone.

I lay there, chest heaving as my eyes tried to make sense of the shapes that filled the room.

When I finally recovered, I pulled the quilt around my body just as the figure in the doorway walked closer.

“Dr. Bennett?” a voice la
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