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Chapter 126

Author: Rejoice Ezeh
last update publish date: 2026-07-05 22:11:27

Rebecca's POV

Claire and I watched from the end of the corridor.

Not obviously — we were not standing there staring. We had moved to the end of the corridor the way Ember had asked, and we were nominally looking at our phones and nominally having our own conversation, but we were also watching the two figures by the notice board in the way that people watched things they were pretending not to watch.

"She is not happy," Claire said.

"No," I said.

"He is not happy either."

"No."

Claire sipped he
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