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12: Is Blackwood even male?

Author: LisaWrites
last update publish date: 2026-08-06 22:30:10

~ Isolde ~

My father called at exactly seven, the way he always did, like affection was something you could schedule.

"Isolde."

"Father."

"How is the semester progressing?"

"Fine." I sat at my vanity, phone propped against the mirror, brushing out my hair in slow, even strokes because it gave my hands something to do besides clench. "Same as always."

"And Ryker?"

There it was. Always, eventually, Ryker.

"Also fine."

"You've secured time with him this week?"

"We had lunch Tuesday."

"Lunch." He s
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