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The graveyard

Author: Lily Darcy
last update Last Updated: 2024-09-25 02:29:01

The couple left Hilltop Mansion, as they now called it, and returned to the city the next morning.

Steffan was quiet the whole ride, his eyes glued to the window as he stared outside.

Racheal knew he was not angry with her, this was not about her, so she left him alone.

This was important; they had to do it.

Now that she had chosen again to build a life with him. She did not want this hanging over their heads.

Besides the secrets, to build a solid new life together, they had to wave goodbye to their old lives.

One of the cars in the convoy branched out to a flower shop and got carnations.

They arrived at the cemetery, and she felt a chill in her bones.

She thought of her mother.

The thought that her mother was resting in one of such places, and she had still not found it, made her chest hurt.

Their guards found the spot where Malorie was buried and led them to it.

Steffan walked as if in a daze.

Racheal walked by his side, not touching him, although she very badly wanted to s
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