Chapter 22: The Weight of Her Name

Alex’s POV

For a heartbeat, I couldn’t move.

Couldn’t breathe.

Her words hung in the air, trembling and raw, too small, too broken, to belong in a world like ours.

“If he finds me… he’ll kill me.”

It wasn’t a plea.

It wasn’t even a warning.

It was truth — spoken from somewhere deep inside her ...

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