Chapter 72- Shared truth
Author: D.twister
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The rain came down.

Sharp. Cold. Relentless.

Livia ran through the winding stone alleys behind the villa, her sandals slipping on the rain-slick ground.

The wind pulled at her hair, whipping it across her face as her breathing grew more ragged with every step.

Her chest hurt burned, like someone had cut open her ribs and left them raw in the open.

She turned a corner sharply and pressed herself against a wall, crouching slightly beneath the narrow arch of an abandoned doorway.

Rainwater dripped from the arch’s edge, soaking the hem of her coat. Her arms hugged herself tightly as she trembled not just from the storm, but from everything crashing inside her.

Why didn’t they tell me?

Her teeth clenched. She wiped her face roughly with the back of her sleeve.

And then

Footsteps.

Not just one. Several.

She froze.

A group of boys maybe fivestepped into the alleyway, silhouettes blurred through the curtain of rain. Teenagers. Hooded. Grinning like wolves catching the scent of a
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