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Chapter 85: A Different Morning

作者: Noxvane
last update 公開日: 2026-05-26 09:10:57

POV: Claire Desmond

Morning sunlight sliced through the grimy window of the Astoria walk-up, illuminating a slow, lazy dance of dust motes.

I stayed still, staring at a water stain on the ceiling that vaguely resembled a crushed beetle.

There was no crystal chandelier hanging above me this morning. No central air humming a sterile lullaby of generational wealth, and certainly no thousand-thread-count silk sheets w

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