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Chapter 183: Uninvited

Autor: Anney GW
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-03-16 10:52:56

[Alice's POV]

We moved in on a Thursday.

There wasn't much to move. A few boxes from the old lab's storage room. Camilla's stuffed rabbit and her backpack and the small pile of books she'd been carrying around in Zurich like they were life preservers. I'd ordered basics online — sheets, towels, a kettle, a coffee maker, two sets of dishes. Endall helped me carry boxes up the stairs and didn't say a word about how light they were.

By evening the house smelled like cardboard and floor polish and
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