Ivonne's povI didn’t realize how much the conversation with the Oracle had taken out of me until we stepped out of her room and the door shut softly behind us, the echo of her words still lingering in my head like a storm that refused to pass, and suddenly everything felt too loud, too heavy, too much. At first, it was just a faint pressure behind my eyes, something I thought I could ignore, something I needed to ignore, because there were still things to do, people to see, decisions to make, and I couldn’t afford to fall apart right now, not when everything around us was already hanging by a thread. But then the pressure sharpened, turning into a dull ache that spread through my skull, and I found myself slowing down without even realizing it. Hector noticed immediately like He always did. “Ivonne,” he called softly, his hand coming to my arm as he stopped walking, his brows pulling together in concern as he studied my face. “What’s wrong?” I forced a small smile, even thou
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