♡Leila’s POV♡Mia’s lips parted, her face paling.“Ma, I—I can’t…” she started, guilt flooding her features.Her voice broke off, and something inside me snapped.“Are you people being serious right now?” I whispered, then louder, my voice cracking as I stood up. “Are you actually doing this to me?”Mia flinched.“You better start talking, Mia,” I said, my chest rising and falling. “In fact—give me that.”Before she could react, I snatched the walkie-talkie from her hands.“M- Madam—”I ignored her and switched it on.Static crackled.Then a voice slipped through.“…They’re at the city gate… near the border…”My fingers tightened around the device.I sucked in a shaky breath, my heart slamming against my ribs.It felt like every dark emotion I had been suppressing—anger, grief, betrayal, pain—came crawling out of its cage all at once, wrapping itself around my lungs.So it was real.They knew.Everyone knew.And they kept it from me.I closed my eyes briefly, then opened them, my reso
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