CHAPTER 4: THE MAN WHO STOLE HIS FACE
CHAPTER 4: THE MAN WHO STOLE HIS FACE
The video shocked everyone.
The man looked like Dante.
Same voice.
Same appearance.
Same movements.
But Dante knew.
It wasn’t him.
“He used technology,” Nico said.
“Deepfake,” Elena whispered.
Dante looked at her.
“You knew?”
She nodded.
“Eventually.”
“Then why didn’t you come back?”
Elena’s eyes filled with tears.
“Because they threatened the girls.”
Dante went silent.
“They said if I contacted you, they would kill them.”
For seven years, Elena had lived in fear.
Not because she hated Dante.
Because she loved him.
Dante reached for her hand.
“I would have protected you.”
“I know.”
Her voice broke.
“But I didn’t know if you were the monster they described.”
That hurt more than any bullet.
Because Dante realized something.
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Someone didn’t just steal Elena from him.
They stole seven years of their lives.
