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20: Nightmare

Author: Ahsia Risan
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-17 23:39:49

Gianna’s POV

I followed the man my feet dragging slightly with exhaustion. Every step felt heavier than the last but I kept moving. I didn’t even know his name. It felt too personal to ask like crossing a line I didn’t dare approach.

It already feels like I’m in his personal space and I should run but I have no choice.

Everything in my body screamed at me to keep my distance from him. He radiated danger in a way I’d never felt before not the cruel one from Eliot or calculated kind I’d experienced with the triplets but a force that warned me I was treading into unknown territory.

One that would either end me or worse. I don’t even know what danger feels anymore. Not after living for seventeen whole days in the woods all on my own and defenseless.

But for now I didn’t have a choice. He was the only person willing to help me no matter how much his presence set my nerves on edge.

He led me to a guest room one that looks different from the rest of the house. The green and brown them
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