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Out of that Room

Author: E L Simon
last update publish date: 2025-08-21 06:40:35

Although Blackmoor had paid for Milo to stay a couple of extra nights in the same hotel, he managed all of five minutes in that room before he started clearing out. The second the door closed behind him and the silence wrapped back around his shoulders, he felt it pressing in from all sides. It smelled like Ethan. The sheets still looked slept in. The mirror still had a streak of condensation from a recent shower.

He grabbed his bag without unpacking, stuffed the last of his things inside, and
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