The room shrank around her. The fire hissed in the hearth, smoke twisting upward like questions she was terrified to answer.Emilia’s throat ached. She forced herself to breathe, to speak, though the words clawed out of her like glass.“Who are you?” Her voice wavered. She straightened, sharper this time, as if daring the shadows. “Show me your face.”For a long, suffocating moment, nothing moved. Then, slowly, almost deliberately, the hood shifted. A hand lifted, steady, unhurried.The firelight stretched across features she should never have seen again.Her world stopped.Her breath fractured into a gasp, ragged, tearing at her chest. Her knees weakened beneath her. No—no, it wasn’t possible. The lines of his face were older, harsher, but the jaw, the eyes… they belonged to a ghost.“No,” she whispered, stumbling back a step. “No, you can’t..."Dario turned sharply toward her, his voice edged with confusion. “Emilia? What the hell is it?”She shook her head violently, trembling, eyes
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