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CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE WHAT RENATA BRINGS

Penulis: Adam Perkins
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-04 20:13:23

The new council member finds her contribution.

Renata had been on the Inner Council for eight months when she brought the western district analysis to Mara's office on a Monday afternoon, and the way she carried it the document in both hands rather than tucked under her arm, held with the deliberate care of someone who understood that the weight of a piece of work and its physical weight were not always the same thing told Mara something before a word had been exchanged.

Not the question she ha
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