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Chapter Sixteen

Penulis: Love above Stories
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-28 02:05:16

Mona's POV

"That's not my mother," I said, staring at the thing wearing Leon's body like an ill-fitting coat. "My mother would never—"

"Your mother is dead," Amaya interrupted, her voice soft as silk and twice as dangerous. "This is just her echo, refined and perfected over eighteen years. No weakness. No misguided mercy. Just pure purpose."

Leon's body convulsed, fighting against the invasion. Through our bond, I felt his terror, his rage, his desperate plea: *Kill me before it takes hold.*

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