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CHAPTER 183

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The walk back to her room felt longer than usual. Not because the distance had changed but because she had.

Althea slowed when she reached Nicholas’ door and opened it quietly.

Inside, the lights were soft, warm, untouched by the chaos that had consumed everything else.

Nicholas lay asleep, peaceful in a way that felt almost unreal after everything that had happened. One arm was thrown over the blanket, his breathing steady, unbothered. The other one clutching her d

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