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CHAPTER 81

Elijah Vaughn.

I woke up with my body feeling heavy, like the mattress had swallowed me during the night.

Every part of me ached—not from physical pain, but from emotional exhaustion. My eyelids, still damp, stung. My eyes burned from crying until I fell asleep.

I blinked a few times, letting the...