Chapter 42: Familiar Faces

Chapter 42: Familiar Faces

Natalie~

The night carried a chill, but not the bone-deep kind—just enough to make me pull my arms tighter around myself. I moved through the bustling streets, my breath rising in soft, ghostly swirls. City lights smeared like watercolor through the haze of unshed tears, and the world around me—voices, laughter, life—faded into nothing more than a distant hum.

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