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last update publish date: 2026-09-19 15:11:35

"Mom."

Iris's voice cut through the quiet of the following morning, urgent enough that I set down my tea without finishing it.

"What's wrong," I asked, meeting her in the hallway.

"Nothing's wrong exactly," she said, though her expression suggested otherwise. "But Aris told me about the letter last night. I couldn't sleep. I kept reaching toward the connection, just to see if anything felt different now that we know."

"And did it," Lucien asked, appearing behind me, still tying the sash of his
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