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Chapter 71

Author: Alexis
last update publish date: 2026-04-02 21:57:28

RUBY'S POV

I knew something was wrong long before anything actually happened.

It wasn’t something I could explain out loud without sounding paranoid or dramatic, but it sat there, deep in my chest, heavy and stubborn, like a warning I couldn’t shake off no matter how many times I tried to distract myself with the noise of the banquet or the soft laughter echoing around me.

Scarlett was still here.

And that alone was enough to ruin whatever fragile peace I had managed to build over the past few
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