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CHAPTER 51: ANNABELLE’S TURNING POINT

Auteur: Jovi Luna
last update Dernière mise à jour: 2026-01-26 16:16:23

ANNABELLE POV

I sit alone in my apartment, the city lights flickering against the window. Outside, life continues as if nothing has changed but inside, everything has shifted. Every lie Victoria Blackthorne told, every threat she made, every moment I’ve lived in fear—it all comes rushing back.

I close my eyes, trying to steady my racing heart. I think about the courtroom, about the gavel banging, about the way my voice trembled but refused to break and then I think about my other brother, Alec—
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