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Chapter 72

Author: Billie Patsy
last update publish date: 2026-01-13 12:36:09

I barely made it through the apartment door before the exhaustion hit me like a wave. My bag slipped from my shoulder and hit the floor with a dull thud. I kicked off my shoes, didn’t bother turning on the lights, and stumbled straight to the bedroom. The bed looked like salvation—cool sheets, soft pillows, no expectations. I collapsed face-first into it, the mattress swallowing me whole.

I should have been getting ready.

Cassian’s text from earlier was still glowing in my mind:

My place. 8.
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