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CHAPTER 111Ariel’s POVMy whole body ran cold, chills running down my spine at how close the voice was.My legs shook a bit and I felt my legs shaking without me moving them.“Hello?” I tried to speak out but my voice came out sharper than I intended.But nothing came back, just the sound of my own breathing.And as I tried turning to check things out myself,“Stop.”And my entire body locked up in place. The voice was clearer this time, and it didn’t sound human.It wasn’t just unfamiliar—it was off, distorted, more like something filtered through a machine.A voice changer, that had to be it.My heart slammed violently against my ribs as I instinctively tried to turn again.“Don’t.”The command came instantly again, cold and freezing everything in me.“Keep your eyes forward, Ariella,” he added and my stomach twisted at the name again.Ariella.Only two people in this city used that name for me.One is lying on a hospital bed, Dermos. And the other is laying asleep on her bed, Luci

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Chapter 112Ariel’s POVThe moment the words left my lips, my body grew stiff.My words hung heavily between us, echoing sharply in my head.I didn't plan on letting them out, at least not in this way. Nothing about the conversation I just had should have been told to anyone.Especially Dermos.Luciana didn’t respond immediately, she just stood there, staring at me like she was trying to see the meaning out of what I had just said.“What do you mean by that?” She asked finally, slower this time.Her voice had dropped far from what it was, far from the heavy tone she had used just few seconds ago.Even her hands lowered slowly from her chest.I swallowed, forcing myself to stay calm. “I mean exactly what I said. I needed answers.”“Answers from who?” She pressed, stepping closer. “Who have you been talking to, Ariel?”I exhaled softly, shaking my head. “It doesn’t matter who I spoke to.”Her brows pulled together instantly. “It matters.”“There were people,” I said instead, avoiding he

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CHAPTER 113Dermos’s POVI felt a whole new wave of pain, but this one wasn't just in my ribs, it wasn't just my body…This pain sunk into me, burying itself through everything.I stared at the ceiling for a couple of minutes, not sure how to move as my breathing slowed through the tightness in my chest as the doctor’s words replayed in my head.Not just the warning. Not just the risk.But the part he didn’t soften. The part he didn’t try to dress up.“You might not get up again.”My hands gripped the sheets tighter as I shifted slightly—and instantly regretted it.Pain flared through my side, sharp enough to drag a low breath out of me as my body tensed against it.“I'm weak,” I whispered, and the words hit harder than the pain.I hated it. I pushed it down.“Not necessarily, your body just needs time,” the doctor said in an all too calm tone that was quickly getting on my nerves. “You can’t keep pushing it like this.”I didn’t respond, I didn’t even look at him.“If you do,” he cont

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