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CHAPTER 187: THE CRAFTSMAN

Author: Nadia Sparks
last update Last Updated: 2024-02-03 10:22:14

ARTEMIS’ POV

Her face begins to twitch as she tries her hardest to maintain her composure, but it all eventually crumbles.

She's forced to relive every scene that shattered her mind before she finally snapped, resigning herself to the only life she knew how to live—one that involved placing all the blame and hatred on the one thing she never wanted in her seemingly happy existence.

She grips and pulls at her hair, shaking her head and denying everything over and over again until she becomes a complete, wailing mess. This confirms everything I need to know.

Sera did kill the man, but he deserved it.

He likely would have come for her next, after dealing with his obsessive wife, hoping to start fresh with his new infatuation.

Instead, Sera saved her—a reality Cassandra has spent her entire life denying, rewriting the narrative in her head just to keep on living.

The rest, of course, is conjecture, pieced together from known facts and behavioral patterns, but I'm almost certain
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