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Chapter 105: The Living Portrait
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2026-05-31 09:31:05POV: Claire Desmond
Mommy. A word that hadn't been spoken in this house for years. To Alana, it was a ghost story. An abstract concept from a picture book.
Alana took a step back. Her heel hit the riser behind her.
Her face went pale. Her tiny lips trembled.
She didn't see longing in that woman’s eyes. She saw a stranger. She saw a monster that had climbed out of a photograph.
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