AriaThe church bells rang softly at dawn, pulling me from a restless sleep. I lay still for a moment, listening to the low murmur of prayers from the chapel. The thin blanket smelled of lavender and old wood. For the first time in days, I didn’t wake up wondering if guards were coming to drag me back to Elena’s mercy. It felt like a relief far from troubles only that it may not last forever.Sister Samantha found me in the small courtyard later that morning. She handed me a cup of weak tea and sat beside me on the stone bench.“You carry heavy things in your eyes,” she said gently. “Would you like to pray with us?”I nodded. Words felt too heavy, so I followed her into the chapel to pray. The nuns knelt in quiet rows, their heads bowed. I joined them, closing my eyes, but my mind refused to settle. Instead of peace, I saw Luciano’s face, the way he had looked at me the last time we touched, the guilt and hunger mixed together.I shake the thoughts off my mind then I tried to concen
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