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Chapter 28 - Happiness In Solemn

Author: A. Lily
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Elias Ward

I watched her carefully on the dining table, though she sat close enough that I could feel the faint warmth of her presence.

Lucy had gone quiet.

Not the polite kind of silence that filled the space comfortably.

It was the quiet of someone rearranging their entire world inside their mind.

Her fingers rested near her plate, untouched steak slowly cooling.

Her gaze was unfocused, as if she were staring at the pieces of memories only she could see.

And possibly fears.

She had begun ask
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