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Madam Alice

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ALICE’S POV (Arrival in Paris)

The wheels touched the ground with a soft tremor, the familiar hum of the Paris airport vibrating through the cabin. Even after four years, the city still had a way of greeting me with a strange mix of serenity and electricity—like it remembered me, like it welcomed me home.

I exhaled slowly, letting the tension of the last forty-eight hours leak out of my bones. The chaotic emotions. The unwanted meeting. The storm I left behind.

I was back where I belonged.

The seatbelt sign chimed off. People began pulling down bags, stretching stiff limbs, complaining about jet lag. But I stayed seated for a moment, just letting myself breathe.

Paris.

My sanctuary.

My rebirth.

My world.

Finally, I stood and collected my handbag, smoothing my clothes and pushing my sunglasses up into my hair. The moment I stepped out of the plane door, the soft chill of the Paris noon air brushed my skin, colder than the heat I left behind.

I didn’t even get the chance to take in the
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