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CHAPTER 65: THE WORD AT THE GATE

Penulis: Jude Vincent
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-11-02 17:23:24

For one long moment, the whole garden held its breath.

The violin stopped. A lantern swayed. Somewhere in the back row, a chair creaked as someone turned to look. All around me, I saw faces turn toward the far end of the lawn, where the white front gate stood, half hidden by the roses.

A woman stood there.

She was small and thin, in a plain gray coat, with no pearls on her neck. Her hands gripped the iron bars of the gate. Her hat was pushed back, and her hair was loose. She looked nothing like
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