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030: The Fourth Player

Autor: Manurex
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-03-20 08:05:25

~Ava's POV~

"Who could the fourth player be?” I closed my eyes.

Three hundred people. The cathedral. White flowers on every pew, the smell of them still somewhere in my memory, mixed with the sound of the organ and the specific echo that old stone buildings had.

I walked through it slowly. The front rows were family. My dad's people, Damien's crew, the ones I'd met a million times but never really knew. Middle rows were business folks, people you had to invite, the ones who show up and sign the
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