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Chapter 167

Author: Miss Queen Mikayla
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-10 10:00:17

Chapter 167

Meanwhile, in a quiet village on the outskirts of New York, the autumn air was beginning to bite. Maple leaves were falling, forming a reddish-orange carpet in the front yard of a simple wooden house. The house belonged to a married couple, Nana and Hans, who had been married for ten years but had not yet been blessed with children.

In a small room on the second floor, a young girl lay in a coma on a bed facing the window. Her body was thin, her face marked with scars that had not fully healed, and parts of her skin appeared to be grafted. A breathing apparatus was neatly attached, and the sound of medical machinery filled the silence of the room.

“Darling,” Hans called softly from the doorway. “Have you eaten yet?”

Nana, sitting beside the girl’s bed, turned and shook her head. Her eyes were weary but full of tenderness.

“This girl is still warm... her hand just moved a little,” Nana whispered, as if hoping the girl could hear her.

Hans entered and sat down on the chair b
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