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Chapter 8: Echoes and Enemies

Author: jessetrish
last update publish date: 2026-09-11 09:16:20
I woke up feeling strangely good — lighter, even. I couldn’t remember the last time I had slept so peacefully. Maybe it was the sex. Wow. Then maybe I should be doing it more often. Because it felt so amazing and euphoric.

I reached for my phone on the nightstand and noticed a small note stuck to it. I picked it up and took a picture of it with my phone so an app could read it aloud to me. Amanda had recommended the app to me, and it had quickly become one of my favorites. It was incredibly he
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