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Chapter 9 Doubts

Author: Judith GW
last update publish date: 2026-08-20 16:38:43

(Thomas POV)

The walls seemed to shrink around me with the grim silence. I couldn’t believe the woman standing in front of me was my ex-mate, Ciara.

I could barely recognise her.

I stared at the crates stacked against the wall and the piles of shredded clothing scattered across the floor. For several heartbeats, I could not understand what I was looking at. My mind refused to connect the pieces.

Then I saw it.

A small handkerchief lay on top of one of the crates.

My breath stopped as I recogni
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