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Chapter XXV: Vulnerable
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The room was bathed in darkness as both the inhabitants lay with their backs to each other. The pitter-patter of raindrops being the only sound accompanying the slow breathing of the two, despite the breaths being heaved in slow rhythmic successions; neither of the two was asleep. Neither could sleep. And neither knew the other was awake.
Arcangelo's heart ached and his head pounded
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