Framed By My Ex, Claimed By The Cold-hearted General

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heart pounding wildly against my chest. Maybe I could catch her.

no...

the middle of the staircase, her body had already hi

the marble floor, red and thick, staining everythi

voice broke i

s there, kneeling beside her, my hands shaking uncontrollably as I reache

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t me, I

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ase" My voice cracked, tu

, you can't leave me too. You are the only family

echoed violently

out, my voice breaking.

eard. No voices, it was just me and

ning" A shaky breath escaped

t's all, she fainte

forced a weak smile through my tea

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r me,

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trange, and become distant. As if the world was slowly slipping awa

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el like I was sinking? Like I was trapped

pered weakly, my

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e and fell rapidly as I dragged in air, my lungs burning as if I had been runni

ity slowly forced its way in. My eyes fluttered open. For a mome

stant echo of metal doors slamming, voice

remnants of the nightmare clung to me like shado

Just a dream. That same nightmare, again and again,

nched painfully. The day Noor died was the day my life ended. Everything afte

ack pressing against the cold wall behind me. The chill seeped thr

Forty years. That was what they gave me. Forty years for a crime I did not

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ightly, my body reacting before my mind could catch up. My head lif

expression was

hot afternoon?" he muttered, clearly annoye

f unease stirred in my chest. I had done everything right today. I c

as he unlocked the cell. The door creake

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ady beneath me. My body still felt heavy

iefly down the corridor. The same grey walls. The same suff

in silence, my thoughts racing quietly in my mind. Why was I

elt longer

m other cells. I could feel eyes on me as we passed, prisoners watching sile

guard said shortly. "Enter.

nd and knocked

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alm. I pushed the door open

" I greeted softly, low

, not looking up immediately as

e room. I stood there quietly, m

r me?" I asked

Then finall

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s tone made my

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r anything. Not even my own breathing

e came out slowe

.. it's me, no

fe inside those walls. I lifted my e

enced to fo

ing released...

el like freedom. It felt like something else, something I didn't