CHAPTER 66

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RUBY JUNE. The guards laughed cruelly as they shoved me into the cell, the cold stone floor meeting my knees as I collapsed from the force. The sound of the iron door slamming shut behind me echoed through the damp walls, and the metallic clink of the lock turning sealed my fate. I lay there for a moment, my body aching, my mind numb. “Well, well, look who’s back,” one of the guards sneered through the bars. “Not so high and mighty now, are you?” They laughed again, their mocking voices fading as they walked away, leaving me in the darkness. I couldn’t move, couldn’t think. All I could do was cry. Charles was gone. Dead. I had failed. Suddenly, arms wrapped around me, pulling me into a tight embrace. “Ruby!” Genesis’ voice was frantic, but gentle. “Ruby, are you okay?” I couldn’t spe

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