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Chapter 191 - The Whore's Daughter II

Lora awoke slowly, her lashes fluttering in the haze of golden morning. Her vision blurred, chest tight—until she realized there was no pain.

Her bruises were gone. She widened her eyes in confusion.

The blood crusting her skin had vanished, and her breathing no longer labored. She blinked down at her arms, her hands, at the flesh that should've been torn. But it was whole.

Sitting at her side, hunched over with bloodshot eyes and tear-stained cheeks, was Marienne.

"You're okay…" the little girl whispered, voice cracking. "You came back, mama…"

Lora sat up with a sharp breath and cupped her daughter's face. "What happened?" she asked, frantic. "How—how am I…?"

Marienne didn't know how to answer. "I… I just prayed. And the light came out of me. It—it healed you."

For a long time, Lora only stared at Marienne's small, pale hands, at her own unbroken skin. It felt like waking from a nightmare into a dream she didn't deserve.

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