Aiden’s POVI didn’t react at first.I stood there, staring at the doctor’s lips as they continued moving, explaining the procedures, causes and time of death, words that slid past me without meaning. Dead. The word echoed, hollow and unreal, like it belonged to someone else’s life. Sora was reckless, loud, always infuriating, but she wasn’t supposed to die. She was my sister, we had grown up together. My hands felt numb. My chest felt… wrong. Too tight, as if something vital had been carved out without my noticing.“She was still breathing when we brought her in,” the doctor said gently. “But the injuries were too severe.”Injuries. I turned slowly toward Haven.She stood a few steps away, arms wrapped around herself, her face arranged into something that resembled grief. If I hadn’t known her so well, I might have believed it.“What happened?” I asked again, my voice flat.She flinched. “I already told you. She fell. She was climbing the stairs too fast, and then…then she lost he
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