Then There Was Light
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Last published Mon, Oct 20, 2025
A broken man hired to protect a girl who's never known fear. He was never meant to fall for her, but somewhere between her laughter and his silence, the dark finally learned the shape of light.
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He lived in the dark until she showed him how to see.
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