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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.

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

in Millie’s

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

any longer. With you here, I

she perceived Marcus’ countenance growing increasingly grim. In an

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summoned to attend to your lifeless body. When you encounter such peril, why

Millie’s seemingly nonchalant

hesitated, then closed her lips in

of anger flared within Marcus’ eyes, creasing his forehead

anger was real and palpable. Millie’s strong independence had always been a point of contention for him, especially in times of peril when she failed

fist, veins pulsing 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