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Chapter 89

Author: A. Leilani
last update publish date: 2025-10-13 23:27:21

Chapter 89: Bad News

XENOIS

The drive home started with the kind of exhausted, happy chaos that I was learning to love. The boys were piled in the backseat, still riding the high of victory, talking over each other about every highlight of the day.

"Did you see John's face when we won?" Troy was saying, his words slightly slurred with fatigue. "He tried to act cool but he was totally freaking out inside."

"The mud race was the best," Lake declared for probably the tenth time.

"When that lady f
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