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Chapter Thirty: Night, No Pretending

作者: Bless Luxor
last update 公開日: 2026-06-25 22:01:43

Dominic Steele

"You're still up," I said, stopping in the kitchen doorway.

Sophie stood at the counter, kettle in hand, water running over it longer than necessary, her eyes fixed somewhere past the window above the sink. She startled slightly at my voice, set the kettle down.

"Couldn't sleep," she said.

"Neither could I."

The kitchen was dark except for the single light above the stove, low and amber, the kind of light that made the room feel smaller than it was, more private.
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