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Chapter 24

Author: Dyana
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-05 03:56:51
ELIAS' POV

For a moment, no one spoke.

The air in the underground garage thickened as I stared at the photo on Chloe’s phone. My mouth went dry. My mind tried to process what I was seeing. But the shadows in the image matched the time of day. The wrinkles on the bedding were exactly how I had left them that morning. Whoever took this… they have been there.

Inside.

Again.

And the woman in the chair?

Identical to Chloe. Same hair, same bone structure, down to the faint scar above her left brow.It wasn't just someone who looked like her.

It was her duplicate.

Or her twin.

But Chloe didn’t have a twin.

“Elias?” her voice came out small with fear.

I looked up. Her hands trembled around the phone. “How… how is that even possible?”

I didn’t know how to answer. I wasn’t sure I even believed what I was seeing. I took a slow breath, finding balance, then looked at Gavin.

“She has just her mom, no twin,” I said aloud, more to myself than him.

But Gavin’s brows furrowe
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