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Chapter 50: Unexpected Guest

Penulis: Ivy Walters
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-12-03 02:10:19

Steven POV.

The Next Morning.

I turned in my sleep, staring awake as I heard movements.

Sounds floated to me from all over the house.

"Oh, for Christ's sake, who was making that noise this early?" I murmured, and dragged my pillow, placing it around my head, trying to drown out the noise.

But the noise persisted, footsteps moving around, things being dragged along.

A bang here, a boom there.

And I couldn't take it anymore. What was going on?

I sat up in my bed, still feeling very sleepy. I
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