A Familiar Stranger

Valerie’s POV

They mysterious man in the distance held my gaze for what must have only been a few seconds, but what felt like an eternity. All the while, a small alarm in my mind rang and rang, like it was trying to tell me something. But all memories of the past five years were slippery, and I could hold onto nothing long enough to understand my own discomfort at seeing this man.

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