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Chapter 158 Seraphina's Pov

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Morning arrived quietly for us.

That alone felt unusual.

The previous evening had ended with lawyers, dormant archives, family betrayals, corporate security, hidden research and a baby announcing itself with the smallest movement imaginable. Sleep should have been impossible after all of that.

Instead, exhaustion had claimed everyone in the house.

Even fear eventually became tired.

I woke before dawn.

The brownstone still carried that peculiar silence only old houses possessed, where pipes whis
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    The living have a habit of leaving the hardest words until they're almost out of time.Naomi's name rested at the bottom of the folded page like a heartbeat.No elaborate signature.No date.No explanation.Simply—Naomi.For several long seconds, none of us reached for the paper.The blue diary remained open on Edwin's desk, Father Michael's reflections still visible on the previous page, while Naomi's folded letter waited quietly beside it.Three voices.Arthur.Father Michael.Naomi.Three people who had shaped one another long before the rest of us ever entered the story.Mara finally exhaled."I think..."She smiled faintly."...this belongs exactly where it was."Nobody disagreed.Carefully, she unfolded the page.The paper had aged differently from the diary.It was smoother.Better preserved.Perhaps Arthur had added it years later.The handwriting confirmed Vivian's earlier certainty.Elegant.Measured.Warm.Naomi.Mara began to read."Arthur always assumes I speak too quick

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