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Chapter 95: Whispers of Control

作者: FortunaSolis
last update 公開日: 2026-01-10 01:18:19

The insult arrived wrapped in silk.

Lillian first heard it as laughter drifting across a marble corridor, light and practiced, the kind that never left fingerprints. She had just stepped out of a restroom adjoining the atrium of the Celestine Forum when a group of women paused near a display of glass orchids. Their voices lowered, then tilted.

“She’s very… e

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