Chapter 37

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A deep, chilling cold seeped into my bones, like ice spreading from the inside out. Time lost all meaning—hours, maybe even days slipped by, but I couldn't tear myself away from her. I lay there beside Scarlet, my body numb and aching, my mind caught in a daze of grief and disbelief. I hadn't slept; I didn't eat or drink, just stared at her, hoping to see a flicker of life, a rise and fall of her chest, any hint that this nightmare wasn't real. The silence pressed down on me like a crushing weight, suffocating and still, her lifeless form the only thing anchoring me to this cold, desolate reality. I'm just dead.

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