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Episode 7: The Refusal

Author: Sarie Writes
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-03-07 00:46:57

POV: Avery Blake

The nightmares started at 11:47 PM. Avery knew because she checked her phone—habit, defense, something to anchor her in the waking world when the lake water filled her lungs again. Her father's hand slipping from hers. The cold. The silence after.

She didn't text Dante.

She lay in the dark, counting ceiling tiles (twenty-four), listening to the house settle around her. This was the third night in a row. The first night, she'd gone to the porch. The second night, she'd written i
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