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Chapter 180 Seraphina's Pov

Auteur: Anora world
last update Date de publication: 2026-07-23 00:22:39

The smallest things survived the longest.

The forget-me-not rested in the center of Mara's palm, impossibly delicate after nearly three decades hidden beneath the pages of Arthur's notebook. Its petals had faded from vibrant blue to a muted grayish violet, yet the shape remained almost perfect. Whoever had pressed it between those pages had done so carefully, protecting it from light, moisture and time. Arthur had preserved thousands of documents inside the archive, but something about that tin
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