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Chapter 166- The First New Arrival

مؤلف: Elizabeth Jacob
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Three days after the constellation appeared, someone answered it.

Not intentionally.

At least I don't think so.

The Hall of Found Things opened at sunrise as usual.

Lantern flowers glowed softly along the entrance.

Morning light filtered through memory-covered windows.

People drifted in carrying stories, photographs, and letters.

Normal.

Peaceful.

Exactly the kind of day we had learned not to distrust anymore.

I was helping Noah reorganize the music archive.

Which mostly involved preventing Noa
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