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Chapter 9

Author: Serein M
Cressida's POV

The winter nights in Fairbanks are a special kind of quiet.

I sat in my small cabin, the firelight dancing on the walls, a cup of hot tea in my hands.

The nearest town was fifty kilometers away. This was the sanctuary I’d bought to disappear.

I'd been Anna Mitchell for four months now, and I was almost used to the isolation.

No one knew me here. No one would ever guess that the former Luna Cressida was hiding in a place this remote.

I opened my laptop. Time for my ritual: a quick,
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