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FLASHES

Author: Lizzy Aik
last update publish date: 2026-05-02 23:58:03

DAMON'S POV

My head was killing me again.

Not the normal ache from the surgery, this was different. Like someone was inside my skull with a crowbar, trying to pry memories loose that didn’t want to come out. I’d been sitting on the couch for the last hour, eyes closed, trying to force it. Trying to remember.

Nothing.

Just fragments and pieces that didn’t fit together.

I saw Sophia’s face, clear as day. She was smiling at me, but it felt wrong. Then the image shifted and she was crying. Th
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