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Chapter 60 The Shadow of the Past

Author: Khyl
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-06-18 08:00:10

The heavy scent of rain hung over the city as the night grew deeper, casting long, fractured shadows across the pavement outside Serafina Studios. Inside her empty office, Mich stared blindly at her laptop screen, the steady hum of the air conditioner the only sound keeping her company. She had survived the grueling technical assessment, but her mind remained tightly coiled around a sense of impending dread. Every time she closed her eyes, the boundaries she had so carefully built seemed to g

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