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Clara stood at the top of the stairs in her gala dress, the fabric suddenly feeling too tight across her chest. The house was quiet now, the lights low, but the silence pressed against her ears like it was trying to tell her something she did not want to hear. She had watched them the entire night. The way Marcus hovered near Emelia without touching her. The way Emelia’s eyes followed him when she thought no one noticed. The small brush of fingers that should have meant nothing but felt like ev
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