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37. A crib

Author: Lino
last update publish date: 2026-09-03 14:56:18

Aria

The first thing I notice is the laughter.

It rolls across the pack lands like music—bright, loud, alive. It settles into my chest in a way that feels unfamiliar and… right. For once, there’s no tension hanging in the air, no sense of something waiting to go wrong.

Just people.

Families.

Home.

I stand near the edge of it all at first, fingers curling loosely around a cup I’m not really drinking from, taking everything in. Kids dart between tables, some of them still a little wobbly from the
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Cynthia
I wonder if this a trap to get Aria alone somehow, away from the pack.
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