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Chapter 9

Author: Stacy
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-07-09 01:20:39

Rosalie's POV

I woke the second time with a clearer head, and a clearer head meant a longer list of questions I intended to get real answers to.

Daylight filtered faintly through a gap in the tent flap, gray and thin. My ribs still ached, but the sharp, stabbing pain from before had dulled into something manageable, and my thoughts, at least, had stopped sliding around like loose gravel.

Elias was there again. Of course he was. Sitting on the same low stool, elbows braced on his knees, like he
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