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Chapter 93: Unraveling the Truth.

“Lavínia...” Zara murmured, dizzy. The sight of her friend, naked, crying, and trembling, left her speechless. “Were you attacked? What happened?” The question left her lips like a whisper, laden with concern.

“Zara, is everything okay?” Samuel called from outside the room.

“Don’t come in!” Zara shouted, rushing toward Lavínia and draping a sheet over her body. Her friend sobbed uncontrollably, like a lost child. “What happened? Who hit you? My God…”

Lavínia sank to her knees on the floor, her body shaking with sobs. The sheet slipped, revealing bruises and scratches scattered across her body.

“What the hell!” she muttered, her voice hoarse. “Is this how he wanted everything to end?” The question echoed in the room, heavy with bitterness. She examined every part of her body, recognizing each mark, each situation she had been brought up in, as if each one carried a memory that made her stomach twist.

Zara sat beside her, unsure of what to say. It was
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