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Author: Nalva Martins
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Athos

My entire body is boiling, burning like hell, but a cold sweat takes over it in contradiction. In a fraction of seconds, I feel my eyes burning, and everything around me starts to blur. And silent tears wet my face.

I'm suffocating! I think, completely trembling.

God, help me, I'm suffocating!

However, as I touch one of their little hands, I feel the slight squeeze of their fingers on my index finger, and it makes me crack a shaky smile.

Mine! I made them!

"You said you don't believe in love, Athos," Olivia's voice brings me back to this sweet, yet agonizing reality. "So look at what you've done, Athos Mazza. They are the purest version of true love." She hisses, stopping by my side, and I soon feel her hand caressing my back.

Upon hearing her words, I cry like a boy, completely surrendered to a devastating feeling. Something I haven't felt in a long time. Therefore, without strength, I kneel on the edge of the bed, and even with my blurred eyes, I continue to gaze at them with
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