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Chapter 45 3AM

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The clock on the wooden bedside table glowed faintly in the darkened room. It read exactly three in the morning. Aurora Blake lay completely still in the profound silence of the farmhouse.

She did not even try to force herself to sleep. The overwhelming weight of yesterday's terrifying admission made rest absolutely impossible. She threw off the heavy winter quilt and stood up.

She walked out of the bedroom in bare feet. The wooden stairs were freezing against her skin. She reached the bottom l
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