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Echoes of Footsteps

last update publish date: 2026-01-26 17:22:37

The footsteps stopped just beyond the corner.

The sound was subtle but in the suffocating quiet of the servants’ corridor, it landed heavily.

Becca’s breath locked in her chest, her lungs refusing to move. Every instinct screamed at her to inhale, to ground herself, but fear had wrapped tight fingers around her ribs and would not let go.

Beside her, Mira’s grip tightened around her wrist, anchoring her.

Her fingers were warm and steady, too steady for someone who had just been dragged from scru
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