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The Villainess Who Hesitated
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2026-09-05 08:30:44Haydee
I stopped running, because there was nowhere left to run to.
Selene was gone from the camp above, and the news came down the stair to meet me on a runner's breathless voice. Ginni had thrown her body over my daughter and taken three blades doing it.
She was alive, they thought she would stay alive. And she had bought Selene nothing, because Ursula had walked through the wards like they were painted on and lifted my child out of a wounded g
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