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Chapter 171: My Father Knew

Penulis: Amira Lights
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-29 22:28:46

Melina set the journal down.

Her hands were shaking.

"He knew," she whispered. "My father knew. He understood what I was. What I am."

"Yes," Clara said quietly. "He knew. And he spent his entire life trying to prepare me. Trying to prepare for you. Trying to understand how to love someone carrying the Strain without being destroyed by it."

"That's why the Vigil killed him," Melina said. Her voice was hollow. "They didn't kill him for intelligence. They killed him because he was one of us. Becau
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