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Chapter 77 – Tangled Webs and Silent Screams
Elara awoke in the dead of night, the sheets damp from a dream she couldn’t remember but could feel—one that carried the weight of betrayal, shadows, and whispering voices. The silence around her was too quiet, like the stillness that comes before a storm. She sat up, her heart echoing loudly in her chest. Something wasn’t right.
She had been moved. This wasn’t the safehouse Zayne had tucked her into days ago. The room was colder, the walls stripped bare, and her belongings were nowhere in sight. A quick scan confirmed it: this was another location entirely.
Panic clawed at her throat, but she forced herself to breathe.
The last thing she remembered was Zayne’s warm hands on her shoulders, promising he’d be gone only a few hours. And th
