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Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Three

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last update publish date: 2026-04-03 22:25:07

SERENA

The call came at 11:47 on a Tuesday night.

I was already in bed, Aiden asleep beside me, Hope down the hall in her room, the house quiet in that particular way it got when the world had settled into darkness. The phone buzzed against the nightstand, once, twice, three times before I could reach it. I didn't recognize the number, but something about the area code made my stomach clench.

New York.

"Hello?"

"Serena." The voice on the other end was thin, reedy, familiar in a way that made my
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