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The Enemy Declared

Author: Favor V April
last update publish date: 2026-06-11 21:37:24

~Julian~

The heavy oak front doors of the Windsor family mansion shut behind me, the deep, resonant thud vibrating through the stone lobby like a physical punctuation mark.

I stood in the foyer, my boots planted on the polished wood floor, my hands still shoved deep inside my trouser pockets. My knuckles were clenched so tight inside that the dry, stiff blood on my palm from yesterday's shattered glass began to ache again. I didn't care. The adrenaline was a hot, rushing static in my veins, mak
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