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Chapter 94 - You Found Them

𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐀

​The voice was male. It was broken in a way that spoke of weeks—maybe months—of isolation and fear.

​"Mum, please," the voice continued, cracking on the last word. "I heard the door. I know you came back. You promised you'd come back. You scared me."

​A figure emerged on a rickety wheelchair from the darkened corridor, silhouetted against the dim light filtering through shattered windows. He was gaunt, hollow-eyed. My chest constricted at the color of the whites of his eyes—violet. My eyes trailed down his arm to the IV sticking out of it, connected to a pouch of violet, simmering fluid sloshing on the IV stand with every movement he made.

​He clutched what looked like an old hunting rifle with shaking hands, the barrel pointed directly at us.

​"You're not her," he whispered, his voice dissolving into something between a sob and a snarl. "You're not my mum."

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