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Chapter 21 — The Map Beneath the Walls

Author: Melanin Bella
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-14 05:23:59

**ARIA'S POV**

I walked through the halls like a ghost, and the word followed me everywhere.

Escape.

It whispered in my mind with every breath, with every heartbeat.

I kept my head down, hands clasped in front of me as usual, trying to look like nothing happened even though I had just been offered the one thing I'd dreamed about since the night Caelan bought me.

A wolf passed me in the corridor. He glanced at me, just a quick look, but it felt like he knew what I was thinking.

So I walked faste
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