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Author: AY WRITES
last update publish date: 2026-06-26 02:54:35

Kaia's POV

He came back on the fifth day, which told me something had changed outside.

People in authority don't return to their prisoners without a reason. Carn had been an assessment. Vane's first visit had been an orientation — telling me what I was to him, testing how I responded to it. A second visit meant the situation outside the cell had moved, and he'd decided that movement was something I needed to know about. Or something he wanted to use.

I was ready for him. I'd been in a state of
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