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Chapter 87 The Man in the Photograph

作者: Tigrezz
last update 公開日: 2026-08-14 14:00:10

Some questions became stranger the moment they received an answer.

By the fourth day, Caelith had stopped asking when they were going back to Alistair's estate. Idris would tell her when he wanted to. Or five minutes before they left. Possibly while already holding the car keys.

She had accepted this as one of the more irritating laws governing his existence.

The morning passed quietly.

Idris had disappeared into his study after breakfast with his laptop, two ph
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