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Author: Jules Golden
last update publish date: 2026-10-30 03:38:24

Chapter 123: Unsent

POV: Odette

I woke up before it was light, and I knew exactly what day it was.

It was a gray Wednesday. Rain tapped against the window, and the whole house was quiet. I lay on my back and stared at the canopy, and I went through the plan one more time.

The rehearsal was at half past seven, in a hall beside the cathedral. Forty minutes in the car. A run-through with the priest, then dinner, speeches, a toast. After that, the side door behind the vestry, a stone lane, and a li
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