“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.

a mixture of astonishment and apprehension, Marcus gleaned the details of the danger that had shadowed Millie’s return, Her

in Millie’s eyes, a

Since the assailant’s scheme had failed, it was likely they would

longer. With you here, I fear

growing increasingly grim. In an instant,

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lifeless body. When you encounter such peril, why

seemingly nonchalant demeanor,

speak, hesitated, then closed her

within Marcus’ eyes, creasing his forehead with

strong independence had always been a point of contention for him, especially in times of peril when

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

you intentionally. Last night, I thought of calling you, but we were apart, and

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