The morning sunlight seeped through the small, cracked window, casting a gentle glow over the modest room. Seraphina sat beside the bed, her fingers carefully adjusting the new bandage around the man's temple. Her eyes lingered on his battered face, the bruises dark against his skin, the faint swellings a stark contrast to the calm she desperately tried to maintain.She had stayed awake most of the night, tending to his wounds, listening to his shallow breaths, and feeling the quiet weight of his presence. Despite her exhaustion, the image of his unseeing eye haunted her—an unknowing gaze that seemed to pierce her soul. She wondered about him—what he looked like, what stories he carried within.Her fingers brushed lightly over his brow, smoothing the damp hair away from his forehead. “You’re safe now,” she whispered softly, her voice thick with emotion. “I won’t let anything happen to you.”He stirred slightly, a faint twitch of his fingers, and then, unexpectedly, his eyelid flutt
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