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The Moment Of Truth

Author: Lummy's Pen
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Chapter Fifty : The Moment of Truth

Lily's POV

The only thing I immediately noticed upon waking with my eyes was how comfortable the bed was around me. This wasn't cold, concrete floors I was used to—it was different. The blankets were still warm from previous, and you could catch a whiff lightly of the scent of the room still present in the air. The room was peaceful, quiet, and for that instant, I had forgotten where I was, or why I was even here.

Then I felt it. The being beside me.

My heart skipped a beat as I slowly moved my head, my body still trembling. Simeon. He was sitting beside the bed, his eyes fixed on me with those intensifying orbs. His jaw was set, his posture stiff, but he didn't look mad. Not yet, anyway.

For a moment, I just stood there, staring at him in an effort to understand the reality of what was occurring. Everything that had happened up until then, everything I had done, seemed to blur. I tried to recall my last moments of consciousness—the terror, the pain
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