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Chapter 52: Chamomile Tea.

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(Elian's POV)

My body moved before my brain could consciously give the order. My heart in my throat, I replaced the file in the hidden compartment.

Slamming it shut I scooped the candy, dropping them into the drawer as quietly as I could before closing it as well.

I was out of Caleb’s study in record speed. It was a great thing I had been fast too, because just as I'd taken just five steps away from the door when my mother suddenly appeared, still dressed in her dinner dress.

I stiffened,
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