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224. Was The Confession Real?

Author: Nightingale
last update publish date: 2026-04-05 23:59:14

Alex's POV:

I did my first set of pull-ups at seven and my arms were already feeling the morning session but I kept going because tomorrow was a physical round and physical rounds were won by people who had prepared when they were tired and not just when they were fresh.

The bar above my door frame. Standard. I had put it up in the first week.

I pulled. Released. Pulled again.

My father and Silver Luna.

Gregory Thorne and Selene Silver, aka Blake's mother.

I had known for longer than tonight. T
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