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Alexios
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After compelling Fifi's friend, I stood there, rooted to the spot, and watched her disappear out of view. The weight of what I had just done and still had to do bore down on me, amplifying the rapid thumping of my heart. It was time to face Alafia—to explain myself and to apologize for the pain I had caused her.
I made my way towards her room, my steps hesitant and heavy with remorse, still searching for ways to make sense to her since I wasn't even making sense to myself. The sound of her friend’s door closing brought my mind back to what I had just done to her and I didn't like it. I didn’t like mind-controlling people. But I couldn’t deal with her—not right now. Plus, she would be fine in the morning.
Leaning against Fifi’s door, I could sense the ……
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