She smiled faintly.
“I was never weak.”
Pause.
“I was just in the wrong place.”
And for the first time in a long time…
She breathed freely.
No fear.
No permission.
No chains.
Because what Álvaro thought was power…
Was only borrowed.
And when it disappeared…
He had nothing left.
But she…
Even walking away with nothing—
Never lost what mattered most.
Herself.
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