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The Visitor Who Shouldn’t Have Come
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2026-05-02 01:01:30Morning came quietly at the Ashbourne house, calm and almost normal.
Sunlight filled the tall windows, warming the kitchen and dining area. For the first time since they arrived, the house felt less like a refuge and more like home.
Caelum had been awake early. New places always made him curious.
By the time Aria came downstairs, he was alread
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