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Chapter 106: Not Goodbye

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last update Date de publication: 2026-11-14 00:46:23

KAEL

I woke because the strap had gone slack.

That was all. A small wrongness. For four nights my wrist had told me where she was, every time she moved, and now it was telling me nothing. I opened my eyes in the red glow from the floor, already reaching for her.

She was sitting up beside me with her back to the wall and her knees drawn up. She wasn't walking. She wasn't pulling south. She was quite still, and there was something white in her lap, and she was crying without making any sound at a
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