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Chapter 23 - The Lost Confession
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2025-05-30 07:00:22--Ines POV--
"Father is raging, Silvia." I've not heard that name for so long, I'd almost forgot what it sounded like to hear someone call me by it.
We were in Alaric's home, and I stood by the window to look out at the view of the city with my brother sitting on the sofa, his eyes unmoving from me as he filled me in on everything that's happened in our home since my disappearance. Alaric himself was nowhere to be found, but he said something about Maxwell coming to visit, and went out to get him.
"...I know."
"You know? How?" He asked.
"I could hear you in my dreams, all of you. But I couldn't reply to you, I felt helpless, and desperate. But
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