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CHAPTER 67: Questions Without Answers

Auteur: Aurelia Dawn
last update Date de publication: 2026-06-18 06:35:34

Aria barely realized she was holding her breath.

Below them, the woman still stood in the center of the hall, the photograph clenched lightly in her hand.

She looks like Lillian.

The words echoed through Aria’s mind.

Not because of what had been said.

Because of how it had been said.

There had been affection in the woman’s voice.

Sadness.

The kind that couldn’t be faked.

Elias studied her carefully.

“You always say that.”

The woman looked away.

“Because it’s true.”

For a brief moment, neither s
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