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She felt like she had just stepped into another world. No—been pulled into one.
"Thank you," Lina murmured.
The attendant nodded and quietly left her alone.
Lina sank onto the edge of the bed, exhaling slowly. Her body ached from tension, and her mind was racing, but for the first time in what felt like an eternity, she allowed herself a moment to just be. To sit. To breathe.
She looked at herself in the mirror. Her makeup had smudged, her hair was a mess, and her clothes were wrinkled from hiding and running. But her eyes… they looked different. Like someone who'd walked through fire and survived.
"You're someone who's running… and someone who might need a place to land."
Fredrich's words echoed again.
