VALERIA

"Boss isn’t going to like this at all."

"What did you expect me to do? Pick up that disgusting corpse or stay there waiting for the specter?!"

"This girl’s lucky—her face is so messed up, even the specter didn’t want her."

I could hear the conversation of what seemed to be two men.

My whole body felt drained, as if I had pushed beyond my physical limits. I was confused, unable to fully recall what had happened.

Adele had tried to deceive me. We fought. That thing appeared, and then…?

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