The Debt of Passion
Trust would crumble like ash.
“They want to isolate you,” she said, watching herself on the screen. “To make you doubt what’s real.”
“They’ll fail,” Lorenzo said.
But in his voice, there was something else.
Not fear.
Resolve.
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That afternoon, Isabella found Mateo sitting alone in the greenhouse, a blanket around his shoulders.
He looked up when she approached, eyes shadowed.
“You said you wanted peace,” she said. “But peace doesn’t come from silence.”
Mateo nodded once. “I know.”
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