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Oath in The Dark

Author: DELEPU
last update publish date: 2026-02-13 21:52:55

"You have no right to be here at all."

Clarissa's words landed in the waiting room like something final.

Alina stood very still.

"I'm not leaving," Alina said quietly.

"Actually." Margaret rose from her chair with the slow deliberateness of someone who had been waiting for exactly this moment. "You are."

She walked to the door and opened it, looking at Alina with eyes that had never once in five years held anything warmer than calculated tolerance.

"You left the mansion without permission. With
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