ANNALISE/LISA I could still feel him there, at the edge of the garden, a presence that consumed every corner of my mind. Even as the whispers of the guests faded into a tense hush, every nerve in my body remained alert, wound tight like a spring ready to snap. My chest ached under the weight of anticipation, and my hands trembled with the memory of his gaze. Sam’s eyes had always had a way of finding me, of seeing through everything I tried to hide, and now, standing there in the sunlight filtering through the trees, he saw me more clearly than anyone ever had. Jason stayed close, his hand still gripping mine, a grounding force in the storm of my emotions. But even his presence, solid and unwavering, could not ease the tight coil of panic and fear that had wrapped itself around my heart. My legs threatened to give way under me, as though the ground itself had become unstable, and my mind spun with the impossible question: How had he found me? After all these years, after everything
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