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Chapter 92

Author: Quillian Dark
last update publish date: 2026-05-31 02:49:20
I woke to the smell of garlic.

For a few blissful seconds, I stayed exactly where I was, buried beneath my blankets with my eyes closed while the apartment remained quiet, my head feeling heavy from too little sleep and too much thinking. Between Elena's illness, Marco's arrival, Amanda's interrogation, and Liam's ability to make every conversation in my life more complicated than necessary, I felt like I had aged five years in three days.

Then the smell hit me again—garlic, tomatoes, and br
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