My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

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“Can we?” Valerie asked softly, her voice trembling with vulnerability.

“Yes. Yes, we can…” Marcus replied, his voice filled with certainty.

They surrendered to a moment they had both longed for but thought might never happen again.

[At Maximus’s house]

In Laura’s room, she and Serenity sat cross–legged on the bed, talking animatedly like two excited girls at a sleepover.

“Serenity, do you think your plan will work?” Laura asked, her brow furrowed with concern.

“I hope so, Laura… I really hope so.”

“I don’t know your parents, but if this idea came to you, it must be good.”

but seeing Peter again threw her off–it’s like she’s a little girl again.

leaving your house–do you really think

and my dad was

Laura

did. And it hurt to make her think I was abandoning her. But I had

will

you’re just my excuse to leave, Laura. You’re my sister, and you need

calmer. My dad is amazing, but I needed someone I could talk to about… everything. No offense to him–I love him so much–but there are things I can

and pulled Laura into a tight hug. Though she didn’t say it out loud, Serenity felt a rush of affection for Laura, her newfound sister. It

they met had broken Serenity’s heart. Despite everything, Laura was a sweet, kind girl, far removed from Alexia’s shadow. If anything, Laura reminded Serenity of Catherine.

girls talked upstairs, Maximus sat in his study, his thoughts drifting between the present and the past. Having his children under one roof, even temporarily, brought him a strange sense of peace. But there was

how Lucius, as a baby, had unknowingly driven a wedge between him and Mary. He had loved that boy fiercely, but the truth about

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folders. It was time to act. His father had yet to surface, which gave him a chance to dig deeper into the origins of the files. There was only one person who could shed light on them: Magnus

Maximus dialed

you awake?”