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54~ The Letter

Author: Mei Ae
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-08 07:32:32

Fiona’s POV

The war room, as it was labeled, buzzed with so much tension that it was enough to choke on. Maps and papers that outlined battle plans covered the long oak table that stood at the center of the rectangular room, the corners pinned down with stones.

Derek stood at the head of the table, his cane planted firmly in front of him, his expression perfectly masked once again behind those black shades of his that seemed to hide more than his blindness.

I tried to focus as he spoke in his usual calm and commanding voice, but my attention kept betraying me because of one person. Xira.

She was standing so close to him that their shoulders brushed at the slightest movement every now and then.

Every time she leaned in to point out something from the map on the table, she allowed her hand to linger on his shoulders longer than was necessary.

The familiarity between them as she goes on to read more details from the brown papers spread before them and how she takes his hand and leads
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