Chapter 42 THE FIRST HIT IN BATTLE

ANNABELLE POV

Fear doesn’t arrive loudly.

It doesn’t kick down the door or scream warnings in your ear.

It settles.

Quiet. Persistent. Crawling into the cracks of your mind until even silence feels dangerous.

By morning, I haven’t slept.

Every sound during the night, the hum of the refrigerato...

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