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Chapter 48 – Something Shifting Within

Penulis: Ij Gabriel
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-06-12 05:29:12

POV: Amelia

The first thing Amelia had noticed was the light.

Neither bright nor harsh—merely soft webs of morning light filtering in around the drapes, etching long golden patterns on the ceiling. The house was still, the kind of silence there was in the very early morning when even the household was asleep.

He slept next to her, one arm outstretched across his stomach, his face peaceful in sleep. His chest rose and fell with slow, careful breaths. The knot on his collarbone where he'd been punched had turned black in the night into a blue that was darkening toward sick yellow on the outer edges. She lay there for a long time, memorizing the little spasm of his hand as he slept, the small furrow between his eyes even now.

Everything felt off.

Not with him. With her.

Her stomach churned in a soft queasiness, a muted unease akin to swallowing something sour and dense. She attributed it to nerves at first. The lingering adrenaline of falling, the half-panic at discovering him at the foo
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