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0144: Trial Without Charge

Auteur: FlyingDove
last update Date de publication: 2026-08-07 01:58:32

ALICE'S POV

"You are not on trial," Sorin said. "This council has called you to answer questions about the morning Lily Scott died. Nobody in this room has accused you of anything. Do you understand that?"

"I understand what you've said."

The first hour was all ordinary things. What time I get to the clinic. Who holds a key. Who can sign the restricted shelf, and who can only sign it with somebody standing next to them.

How long the tea sits on my desk between the first patient and the second,
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