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Chapter 9

Author: Ellis Carter
last update publish date: 2026-02-23 18:28:51

Aliya's POV

I could almost swear I saw so many questions in his eyes that I was not going to answer. He most likely wanted to know if Richard’s claims were true, but I know he had a question or doubt something like that. He did not voice it and I felt he did not need to know that.

Getting home that day, I wanted to just go to bed, but Elena was waiting for me already to hear how the whole event went and that was when I remembered that I had a purpose for going to the event that I had failed to
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