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Chapter 53

Author: C-Emmzy
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-21 22:16:50

Iris’s POV

Jasmine froze mid-step, looking like I had just said something forbidden. Her eyes darted to the trees around us, scanning around like she expected someone to jump out and attack us.

Finally, she leaned closer, her voice dropping to a whisper. “She’s dead.”

My eyes widened in surprise at her words. I opened my mouth, with several questions already on the tip of my tongue, but Jasmine’s sharp glare cut me off.

“No,” she said firmly. “We are not talking about this. No one talks about it, Iris. Not me, not you, not anyone. It’s not something you ask, and it's not something you whisper about. It’s… off-limits.”

Her sudden harshness stunned me. “But—”

“I mean it.” Jasmine’s eyes were fierce, and her tone was firm. “Forget I said anything. Her death is not something you should get tangled in.”

I shut my mouth, even though confusion burned inside me.

I furrowed my eyebrows as I watched the way her shoulders were tensed, and the way she kept scanning the woods like the trees themse
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