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Chapter 41: Gideon's Eight Year Penance

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last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-07-11 20:01:31

Gideon was waiting on the porch when we got back from the park, Lyra half asleep already against Kael's shoulder, worn out from an afternoon of nothing but swings and sunlight and the kind of ordinary happiness I had wanted so badly for her to have. Something in the way Gideon sat, elbows on his knees, hands loosely clasped, told me this was not going to be a conversation about timelines or evidence.

"Do you have a moment," he said, standing as we approached.

"Let me get her down first."

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