Betrayed by The Exchange
"You need to go, Summer. Please."
With that final, crushing blow, Dominic turned away, his back to her once more.
Summer stood there for a long moment, unable to move. The weight of his rejection pressed down on her chest like an anchor, threatening to pull her under.
"Goodbye, Dominic," she whispered, her voice barely audible as she turned and left the room.
The halls of the mansion seemed emptier as she walked back to her room, her footsteps echoing in the silence. She had thought she could make him see that they could be something, that they could fight through their respective darknesses together. But now, everything felt lost.
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