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Chapter 83- The Personal Attack

作者: Tomiie lux
last update publish date: 2026-05-25 12:30:25

POV: Nichole

The morning news arrived as Elena brought them in a plastic grocery bag, her hands shaking so hard the cheap handles rattled. She dropped three local tabloids onto the wooden table.

"It is all over the digital boards too, Nichole," Elena whispered, stepping back toward the door as if the papers might explode.

"Mira paid the lifestyle editors and they run it every fifteen minutes."

I leaned over the table and the front page of The City Ledger carried a giant, grainy photograph of m
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