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Chapter 10

Author: Laceyn Winters
The room had still remained exactly as it was when James had left. The books Laura often read had been left open and scattered on the bed, yet their owner was nowhere to be seen.

"Laura?"

"Laura!"

James was dumbfounded. His trembling voice echoed through the empty room, but the familiar voice that once answered him was gone.

The hand clutching the doorframe had fallen limply, and James had suddenly turned and rushed up the stairs.

He went to the study, the lounge, the gym, even the narrow s
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