CHAPTER 0119

DECLAN'S POV

I continued to follow her into a narrow hallway that led to the back of the church. The air was thick with dust and the scent of candles. Her footsteps echoed ahead of me, quick and panicked. She glanced over her shoulder just once, eyes wide and filled with something between fear and fury. Then, without hesitation, she shoved open a creaky wooden door and disappeared behind it.

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