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Chapter 235

Penulis: Jess Dawson
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-05 05:58:22

Aiden's POV

I watch the muscle tick in my father’s jaw as he sits across the table from me. The tension in the room is almost suffocating, as it has been at every one of these briefings. Blake drones on, but basically there’s still no fucking news.

It’s been four months. Four fucking months of useless bullshit, and no sign of her.

All we know is that they’re using magic to hide themselves and to block us. That’s as far as we’ve gotten. Sage suggested it at the first briefing, just after she was
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