“What’s amiss

Emerging from the kitchen, Millie noticed Marcus standing by the bed, his demeanor tinged with frostiness.

“You’ve got a knife tucked under your pillow. Is someone causing you trouble?”

A glint of steel sharpened in Marcus’ gaze. He recalled the unease that had plagued him the previous night, an inscrutable intuition whispering of looming danger hovering menacingly over Millie’s horizon.

“Fortunately, I managed to evade him on the journey back here,” Millie disclosed.

“Yet, last night, he found his way into my home. Yet, I remained vigilant and exploited his unfamiliarity with the layout in the darkness. I struck first, inflicting injury. He fled,”

With Marcus’ arrival, Millie laid bare the peril she had encountered.

the danger that had shadowed Millie’s return, Her

in Millie’s eyes, a testament to a

gaze settled upon the cold blade. Since the assailant’s scheme had

on it any longer. With you here, I fear

In an instant, his demeanor shifted

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your lifeless body. When

Millie’s seemingly nonchalant demeanor, Marcus’

to speak, hesitated, then

flared within Marcus’ eyes, creasing

of contention for him,

his skin. After a hesitant moment, she mustered the courage to approach him, gently prying the knife from his grip and placing it on the table.

don’t be angry. I didn’t mean to withhold it from you intentionally. Last night, I thought of calling you, but we were apart, and I didn’t want

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