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Chapter 11: Hunted.

Author: Ransome Chime
last update publish date: 2026-07-22 20:40:17

Sylvia Fenris' POV

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I didn't tell my friends about the note. I burned it in the candle flame instead, watching the paper curl black at the edges and crumble to ash on my windowsill, and told myself it was a cruel prank.

Some jealous classmate with too much time and too little conscience, nothing more. It was easier to believe that than to sit with the alternative, that someone with real resources and real intent wanted me gone from this
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