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Chapter 43: “The One Who Defies”

Author: Author Jessica
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-14 23:36:13

Annalyn’s POV

I sat quietly in the corner of the playroom, my arms loosely wrapped around my knees as I watched Alex and Nolan sitting cross-legged on the floor, the chessboard spread out between them. It wasn’t exactly a match… they weren’t truly playing. It was more of a lesson. Nolan’s tiny fingers fumbled with the pawns while Alex, patient and firm, guided him gently.

Then time slowed.

I didn’t blink, I didn’t move. The edges of the room blurred as all my focus narrowed on them… their smiles, the quiet laughter that danced between father and son. I could feel it in my chest, a warmth spreading slowly, melting something I didn’t know was frozen inside me.

And then, Nanny Flora’s voice came crashing into my head forcefully:

“Do you love Alex?”

Then my own voice followed, shaky and unsure:

“I… I don’t. No, I don’t…”

But even as I heard myself say it, it didn’t feel so true. The words had fallen from my lips like a defense mechanism… like I was willing myself to believe them. But now,
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