Chapter 412

After Declan left, Clara couldn't say a word. She sat beside the gravestone, quietly staring at her parents' names. Minutes bled into hours. When she finally tried to stand, her legs tingled painfully, as though a thousand ants were gnawing at them.

Reluctantly, she started toward the cemetery gate. As she walked down the path, a group of visitors heading uphill brushed past her.

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