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Chapter 56: Golden Eyes and Cursed Whispers

I didn’t remember falling asleep—only the weight of him in my arms. So small. So warm. His heartbeat fluttered against mine like a moth’s wings, fast and fierce and impossibly alive.

He was swaddled in the towel I’d bloodied. My blood. My tears. My fight. His cries had quieted to soft whimpers now,...