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27 — A Truth Burning in the Shadows
Author: Julyanna AU.
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The silence that settled in the living room was suffocating. The only sounds were Amanda’s and Emily’s ragged breaths, mixed with the insistent ticking of the wall clock which, surprisingly, was still working normally—and would only stop once its batteries finally ran out.

No one dared to speak; they were all trapped by the same question that was devouring them from the inside: where was Matías?

Mike buried his hands in his head, pressing his fists against his temples as if he wanted to rip out the pain drilling through him. The vision of the emerald light devouring his son played again and again in his mind, like a punishment he couldn’t escape.

“They took him…” he muttered, his voice hoarse, almost inaudible. “And I… I couldn’t do anything.”

Amanda, her eyes swollen from so much crying, gripped his hand tightly.

“Don’t say that. It’s not your fault. That thing caught all of us by surprise. If we had known about it before…”

Emily, however, was trembling. Her lips barely moved as she
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