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Fortifying Shadows
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2025-08-17 22:05:00The note still burned in my hands as I sat on the floor of my apartment, the crumpled paper like a shard of ice against my skin. “You can’t escape. You belong to me now.”
I stared at it for what felt like an eternity, trying to will it into nothingness. I had tried to convince myself that the security systems Eli installed would be enough, that I could breathe, that the walls of my apartment would keep me safe. And yet here it was — proof that nothing, no matter how carefully planned, could fully protect me.My mind raced. Someone had found a way in. Someone who knew my patterns, my weaknesses, my every move. Fear rippled through me, curling tight around my chest, squeezing the air from my lungs. I wrapped my arms around my knees and pressed my forehead to them, trying to ground myself, to breathe, to think.The triplets. My stomach knotted at the thought of them, my secret, my hidden lifeline in a world that suddenly felt much more dangerous. I had to sta
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