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Chapter 248 — Not A Defect
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2026-09-19 01:29:41Grant did not expect one conversation with Maeren to undo anything. That would have been convenient. It would also have been stupid.
He was still half-Vael. He still could not absorb emotion.
If Hallie stood close enough and felt something strongly, he could sense the force of it.
He still could not know why. Nothing Maeren had said changed that. Grant sat beside Hallie later with no papers between them.
She had stopped working. So had he.
For once, neither
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