They sat in the dim glow of a single candle, her heart pounding louder than the silence between them as the unanswered message burned in her mind like proof of a secret she was terrified to name. Every second stretched, feeding the story she’d already written about betrayal, until he finally spoke, his voice unsteady with a truth that was smaller, sadder, and far more human than she’d imagined, leaving her entire idea of lo… Continues…
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In a forgotten corner of a sunburned village, where the air itself feels heavy with judgment, a lone figure drags swollen limbs across a courtyard that once…