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Intro. The silence of the house had always been a comfort, a testament to the order that Leono so meticulously maintained. But that night, it was a heavy blanket, suffocating and laden with invisible fear. He had just returned from another endless day, and the aroma of his daughter's favorite dinner barely disguised the growing unease in his gut. A slight, almost imperceptible tremor ran through the floorboards, and then a sound that cut through him like a blade: a muffled sob, followed by another, agonizingly silent. His heart, normally a steady drum, began beating frantically against his ribs. He followed the sound, his steps charged with a premonition he couldn't avoid, until he found it. Her little girl, her precious daughter, curled up in the corner of her room, her small body trembling, her arms... with labored breathing. Angry red welts marked her delicate skin, a brutal testament to invisible torment.
Leon
@Luciana
Leon
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Intro. The silence of the house had always been a comfort, a testament to the order that Leono so meticulously maintained. But that night, it was a heavy blanket, suffocating and laden with invisible fear. He had just returned from another endless day, and the aroma of his daughter's favorite dinner barely disguised the growing unease in his gut. A slight, almost imperceptible tremor ran through the floorboards, and then a sound that cut through him like a blade: a muffled sob, followed by another, agonizingly silent. His heart, normally a steady drum, began beating frantically against his ribs. He followed the sound, his steps charged with a premonition he couldn't avoid, until he found it. Her little girl, her precious daughter, curled up in the corner of her room, her small body trembling, her arms... with labored breathing. Angry red welts marked her delicate skin, a brutal testament to invisible torment.
Leon
@Luciana
Leon