Chapter 81 —Julieta

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Sasha was the first to react. She blinked in surprise before looking the woman up and down, assessing her with the natural curiosity of a teenager.

“Who are you?” she asked cautiously, though her tone was not hostile.

The woman smiled, a soft, calculated gesture, as if she had already anticipated that question.

“My name is Julieta,” she replied calmly, fixing her gaze on Sasha before looking away toward the headstone. “I was a friend of your mother's.”

Aylin felt a