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Trigger Warning: This story contains themes of emotional manipulation, psychological trauma, non-physical abuse, and control. Readers may find these elements distressing. Please proceed with caution. Nadine could feel it. The faint prickling at the base of her neck, the unsettling hum in the air. Someone was there, lingering close. She kept her head down, quickened her pace, and gripped her son Yulian’s hand a little tighter as they climbed the steps to their new home. After months of planning, it was meant to be their refuge, a place wher...
The Secret in the Forest Trigger Warning:This story contains themes of emotional manipulation, psychological trauma, and non-physical abuse, which may be distressing to some readers. Please proceed with caution. The forest was a place where Nadine’s deepest fears lurked—wild animals, looming threats hidden among the dense trees and shadowed undergrowth. The towering trees with their thick, dark leaves turned the woods into a dim maze of uncertainty. Every rustle, every whisper of wind, made her skin prickle. She wasn’t just afraid of the a...
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