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Chapter 24_The Hunt For Me

Penulis: Gabby
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-09-13 14:10:48

Neris's POV

"They're staring again."

Evren says it low, close enough beside me that his shoulder brushes mine every few steps, and he's not wrong. The corridor empties in a way it never used to whenever I walk through it now, students pressing back against the walls, some looking away too fast, others not looking away at all.

"Let them stare."

"That's new."

"Everything's new." I keep walking, spine straight, because stopping to acknowledge every whisper would mean stopping every few feet for th
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