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23: Defenseless

Penulis: Ahsia Risan
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-03-14 21:05:17

Rafael’s POV

I hadn’t felt this level of unease in years. Maybe ever. I was used to control and to power and making the world bend to my will. But as I stood outside Isabella’s hospital room waiting for the doctor to explain what the fuck was wrong, I felt something I didn’t recognize. It felt like Impatience and frustration at the same time.

A slow and creeping kind of fear that clawed at my chest like a beast ready to rip me open from the inside out. Adriana’s words still rang in my ears haunting me with their sharpness.

"If my daughter dies because of you, I will never forgive you. I will become a nightmare you never saw coming."

She had been in complete hysteria, screaming at me with a kind of rage only a mother could summon in the face of her child’s suffering. I had glared at her l furious that she was blaming me, and furious that she thought I wouldn’t do everything in my power to protect Isabella. But she wouldn’t stop. She kept yelling her voice cracking and her body trem
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