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CHAPTER 28: After the Truth

作者: H. C. LUNA
last update 公開日: 2026-06-26 08:23:15

|HER POV|

We stayed in the study room for two hours after he finished.

Not talking. Working — or performing working, which was what it was. My notebook was open and my pen was moving but I was not writing seminar notes. I was writing in the shorthand I used when something was too large to feel all at once and needed to be organized before it could be experienced.

Virellion Dominion. Wolf world. Behind the seam.

Father's disappearance — not accidental. Greyveil Accord.

Bloodline — dormant wolf h
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