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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.

a mixture of astonishment and apprehension, Marcus gleaned the details of the danger that

weariness lingered in Millie’s eyes,

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

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she perceived Marcus’ countenance growing increasingly grim. In an

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husband, not a figure summoned to attend to your lifeless body. When you encounter such peril, why did

Millie’s seemingly nonchalant

to speak, hesitated, then closed

Marcus’ eyes, creasing his forehead

been a point of contention for him, especially in times of peril when she

beneath 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. Then she encircled him in