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Chapter 113 – Names in the Margins

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last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-12-25 04:57:19

The library felt different after the truth had been spoken aloud.

What had once been a place of reverence now carried a quiet unease, as if the walls themselves remembered too much. Evelyn remained seated at the long table long after Noah and Hana left to begin cross checks. Alexander stood near the shelves, his hands clasped behind his back, eyes fixed on a row of leather bound volumes he had grown up believing were

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