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Chapter 23: LEARNING TO BREATHE AGAIN

Author: Authoress Prezzy
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-03 23:39:05

Mima's POV

“Do you think he took you away to save you from us? You would never be free from us. You would forever be nothing. Just a cast-aside mate of Dylan's” Stephanie circled me as she taunted me; her venomous smirk made me shiver.

All of a sudden, I was back in the dungeons, chained to the wall.

I snapped my eyes open. My chest was heaving and I was drenched in sweat. I frantically looked around and realised that I wasn't in my old room.

The bed beneath me was soft. I wasn’t used to this kind of comfort.

For a moment, I just lay there, my eyes tracing the ceiling. The room was extremely beautiful. It looked like the kind I had always disturbed my dad for, back home.

Dad…

I turned my face into the pillows and held my breath trying to force down the memory of the day I lost my family.

It still didn’t feel real that they were gone. They were all gone and I was the only one left.

I should have died that night too.

I sat up slowly, my fingers curling around the b
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