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38: Spilled matcha

Author: nayaa
last update publish date: 2025-10-21 17:31:07

Zara’s POV

I didn’t hear her coming.

Kora usually shuffled her feet as she walked, I should have heard her coming. But it was difficult to hear anything above my heart beat thundering inside my ears..

I felt like a lowly criminal caught stealing from a helpless old lady. And I had Lilith to thank for it.

I had thought… hoped that Kora would stay longer on the training field, especially since I sent Emmett there to ‘check in’ on his mate.

I must look so guilty right now, with her
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