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Chapter 339: First Crack in Strategy
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2026-02-26 19:46:45The disagreement did not resolve itself when the shop closed.
It followed them home.
Not as raised voices or slammed doors, but as silence that refused to settle into comfort. The kind of quiet that existed only when two people were recalculating the shape of something they thought they understood.
Nathaniel poured a drink and did n
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