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Chapter 26: Awake

Author: Howler
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Rhea’s POV

I ask myself this often, usually when sleep refuses me and my thoughts decide to sharpen their knives…If I could turn back the hands of the clock, what would I do differently?

I would never have married Theon. That single vow was the first crack in the road that led me here. If I had not tethered myself to him, I would never have learned how to live off another’s mercy, never have lost my voice piece by piece, never have mistaken silence for survival.

And certainly, I would ne
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