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Chapter 161

Author: QuillWhisper
last update publish date: 2026-05-25 23:28:46

[THE GIRL WHO VANISHED AGAIN]

“The world thought the fire ended me.

What it really did… was erase the last reason I had to stay human.”

Three weeks after the fire, the city still smelled like smoke.

Not literal smoke anymore.

Psychological smoke.

The kind that lingered after something catastrophic changed the world permanently.

Governments were collapsing quietly behind polished press conferences. Billionaires disappeared overnight. Political alliances fractured publicly while secret organizati
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