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Chapter Ten: My Replacement

Author: Mira Lane
last update publish date: 2026-03-15 22:02:26

Celyne POV

The car slowed before the tall iron gates I knew far too well.

For a moment, I forgot how to breathe.

I hadn’t seen this place in years, yet the moment it appeared before me, it felt as if time had folded in on itself.

The house stood exactly the same.

Large. Elegant. Cold.

Once upon a time, I had called it home.

Now it felt like the entrance to a life I had barely survived.

I stepped out of the car slowly, my legs stiff from the long drive. The gravel crunched softly beneath my shoe
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