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Noticed

Author: JJ2WRITES
last update publish date: 2026-07-18 01:22:09

The next morning, Elara arrived at school running on little more than determination and caffeine.

She'd spent most of the previous evening at the hospital with her parents, and it showed. Her father was recovering that was the good news. The bad news was that she was exhausted.

As she walked through the campus gates, she braced herself for the usual whispers.

Surprisingly, they weren't as bad as she expected.

The stares were still there. The occasional whisper too. But nobody approached her. No
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