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Chapter Fourteen : The Shattered Sanctuary

Penulis: Zainab
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(Isabella’s POV)

The silence in the room was a living entity, thick and suffocating. It pressed in on me, my heartbeat a frantic, terrified drum against the crushing weight of the impossible. Before me stood two Alessandros, two sides of a coin I never knew existed. One was the man I loved, his whiskey-colored eyes filled with a decade of pain and a fierce, protective love for me. The other was a stranger wearing his face, his eyes holding nothing but cold amusement and a terrifying, triumphant malice.

My mind raced, trying to process the horrifying reality. A twin. A brother presumed dead, now resurrected as a monster. The headache, the collapse… it had been a plan. A coordinated intrusion into the most secure place in the city, into the most intimate moment of my life.

Alessandro—my Alessandro—took a half-step, his body instinctively positioning himself to partially shield me. The movement was subtle, but it was a clear declaration. I was his to protect. The air crackled, ch
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