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Facing The Vaughns

Author: Self-love
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-01-21 05:37:55
The Vaughn estate had always been grand.

It was the kind of grand that swallowed people whole and spat them out smaller, quieter, and more obedient.

Elara had learned that lesson early.

From the moment she was brought into this house as a child, small, awkward, clutching a suitcase that had never truly belonged to her, she had felt it.

The weight of the place. The way the ceilings stretched too high, as if even the architecture looked down on her.

The way the marble floors reflected
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