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The Weight of the Day

Author: Glazé
last update publish date: 2026-09-04 13:15:59

Juni’s POV

“You’re quiet.”

Kieran looks up from the table. The north-wing room is still gray with morning light. The letters are where we left them. The bond is steady under my skin—tighter than the brief calm at the window, but not the white-hot edge of the chamber. Wren has gone to run the list. The twenty-four hours are still spending themselves. Neither of us has said the word the clerks would accept as the cleanest answer.

“I’m thinking,” he says.

“About the list.”

“About the list. About t
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