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Chapter 96 : Face to Face

مؤلف: L.M.Daveth
last update تاريخ النشر: 2026-03-26 02:44:07

Lena's POV

Kieran was waiting at the threshold.

Of course he was. The ward had announced to me four blocks out and Kieran was connected to the gateway at a fundamental level and Kieran did not need more than four blocks of warning to compose himself completely.

He was standing at the edge of the threshold light with his hands in his coat pockets and the patient expression of a man who had been expecting a visit and had simply been waiting for the specific form it would take.

"Alone," he said. N
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