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Looming Past

Author: Inky Pen
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-05 21:10:32

Gwen’s POV

I drifted in and out of consciousness, caught between my memories and… someone else's. It’s strange, like watching two lives play out side by side, and I can’t tell which one is mine anymore. I try to focus, try to cling to my memories, Gwen’s memories, but they keep slipping through my fingers.

I remember pieces of my past life, fragments of moments that once felt so real. I can see him, Damien, the way we laughed together, the way I trusted him with everything. And then… betrayal.

The memory is sharp, like a blade cutting deep into me. I can still feel the sting of finding out he wasn’t loyal, and that my maid, someone I also trusted, was involved. The two of them, behind my back, lying to me, betraying me. My heart aches at the thought, the love I once had for him twisted into something painful.

But then, as if the memory doesn’t belong to me anymore, it shifts. Suddenly, I’m not seeing my life. I’m seeing someone else’s. Arlene.

Her memories, vivid and clear, weave them
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