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In My Heart, Fear Wins
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2025-08-20 23:59:33Nathan POV
The lights go off.The afterimage of glowing monitors is burned into my retina as I grope in the dark. My hand bumps into something.“Ow! All right. Who was it? I swear I'm going off your balls,” Adrian growls from next to me. A flashlight flares on, illuminating the scowl on his face. I smile apologetically.“Jerk,” he growls, turning away.Cole turns on another flashlight and hands it to me. “So Han made it,” he says, a relieved look on his face. In the past few hours we've been trapped here, I've learned that the man is claustrophobic. Now that there's a chance of us getting out of here, he allows himself a nervous but relieved smile.“Should have turned it on by now,” Adrian says, rubbing his right eye. Tears pool at the corner, and it's redder than the other one.“Maybe we should wait,” I say, checking my watch. Cole hands out the last of his chocolate bars — the man has a habit — and we squat to wa
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