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“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.

astonishment and apprehension, Marcus gleaned the details of the danger that had shadowed Millie’s return, Her journey had been marred by

hint of weariness lingered in Millie’s eyes, a testament to

the cold blade. Since the

longer. With you here, I fear nothing,” Millie

she perceived Marcus’ countenance growing increasingly grim. In an instant, his demeanor shifted to one of

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lifeless body. When you encounter such peril, why did

observing Millie’s seemingly nonchalant demeanor,

hesitated, then closed

Marcus’ eyes, creasing

anger was real and palpable. Millie’s strong independence had always been a point of contention for

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. Then