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Before the Truth Arrives
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2026-06-05 03:33:35Hundreds of miles away in Ashbourne, Richard sat alone in his study.
The room was quiet except for the faint ticking of a wall clock. Documents lay scattered across his desk, but he hadn't looked at any of them for nearly an hour. His attention was fixed on one place and one person.
Stonebridge.
Aria had been there for days, yet nothing had happened. No public appearances. No confrontations. No careless mistakes.
Nothing.
And that worried him far more t
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