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Chapter Seventeen : Lily.

作者: Aridah
last update 公開日: 2026-03-22 06:49:02

ASHLEY.

"A!" A voice squealed before hands wrapped around me.

I didn't need to turn around before I knew who.

The smell.

She smelled like home.

The struggles we have been through.

The Ashley Walker before this fantasy.

"L!" I sighed, hugging her just as tight.

I pulled away, slightly.

My hands moved on their own. Checking, searching.

Bruises. Scars.

New ones.

My fingers traced them carefully, like I could erase them if I tried hard enough.

Scars given by the one person who was supposed to p
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