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Chapter 17
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2026-08-28 22:27:06Briony's POV
The shift started small. A conversation that stopped the second I walked into the mess hall. Two warriors near the well who wouldn't quite meet my eyes when I passed. By midday it wasn't small anymore."You need to hear this from me before you hear it from somebody trying to hurt you with it," Sage said, catching me outside the healing house, voice low and urgent."Hear what?""There's talk going around that Marisol didn't run because she was s
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Married Off as a Breeder, She Became His Only Mate. Chapter 17
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