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Chapter 23

Author: Skye Black
last update publish date: 2026-07-26 19:10:54

LUCAS

I didn’t open the letter.

Of course, I didn’t. I would be insane to.

But I also didn’t throw it away either. Which said a lot about me than I refused to admit.

Instead, I did what a completely normal, rational person would do— I stared at it on my desk for most of the night while I pretended not to.

Eventually, I’d given up and tossed it in my drawer, clicking it shut.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Or at least that was what I thought.

It didn’t work.

Which was why I’d decided I needed a dist
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