Manolya’s POVThe pool water clung to my skin like a second layer, cool and fresh, chasing away the heavy heat of the car trip in the hotel pool. I dove beneath the surface, eyes squeezed shut, letting the silence swallow me whole for just a moment before I shot up again, gasping, hair plastered against my cheeks.“Got you!” Adlee shouted, splashing a wave straight into my face.I shrieked, half-laughing, half-coughing. “That’s cheating!”Adem dove in from the side, sending another spray everywhere.Pelin yelped as water slapped across her shoulders, then retaliated by dunking him under.Their laughter echoed through the cave-like walls of the hotel pool. For a brief, fleeting moment, it almost felt like we were just cousins on holiday, not… whatever this was now.But even in laughter, I felt the heaviness underneath.We all did.By the time we stumbled out, dripping and exhausted, Uncle Eren was already handing out towels like the soldier he always was.He barely cracked a smile, tho
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