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Aftermath

Author: Oma
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-06-13 23:30:53

3RD POV:

Alaric Deveraux did not follow the woman in the mask when she walked back into the café. He stayed on the other side of the street, his hands in his pockets, his coffee forgotten and cold. The ambulance had gone. The crowd had melted away. The only thing left was the ordinary hum of the city and the strange, quiet curiosity sitting in his chest.

He had seen a lot of things in his life. He had watched men lie with straight faces and women cry with dry eyes. He had seen kindness and crue
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