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CHAPTER 56

Author: wandering jedi
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-12-31 18:57:31
Althea had always believed that panic announced itself loudly.

A scream. A collapse. A sharp, uncontrollable reaction that left no doubt something had gone wrong.

But this time, it’s too quiet.

The room seemed to recede from her, edges softening, sound dulling, as if the world had wrapped itself in cotton. It was the strange calm that settled over her body while her heart thundered violently against her ribs, each beat too fast, too hard.

Nicholas.

Her fingers curled around the phone until her k
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