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Chapter 10: The Witnesses

Auteur: Kendra Velune
last update Date de publication: 2026-04-23 14:07:15

(Amara’s POV)

The ceiling was white.

That was the first thing I noticed. Not the pain, though that came roaring in a heartbeat later, a jagged, tearing agony that radiated from my side and spread through every nerve in my body. Not the smell, though the clinic’s antiseptic bite was impossible to ignore. Not even the voices.

The ceiling. White. Cracked in one corner, near the window.

I stared at that crack and tried to remember how I’d gotten here.

The run. The moon. The rogue.

Damon diving
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