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Chapter 80: The Announcement
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2026-01-07 00:25:07The morning arrived without ceremony.
No thunder. No scandal breaking screams. Just the soft hum of Aurelia waking into another controlled, immaculate day.
Lillian Bloom learned of her engagement the same way the rest of the city did.
Through a screen she had not intended to look at.
She stoo
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