Elias warned Ibarra that his life was in danger. They fled into the night.
The next day, Ibarra visited his father’s grave in the cemetery. He was shocked to find the grave neglected and unmarked. A gravedigger revealed a horrifying truth: the body of Don Rafael had been exhumed on the orders of Padre Damaso and thrown into the river. comics noli me tangere
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