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Chapter 72

Author: Maya Adams
last update publish date: 2025-12-13 23:44:37

‎Lilith’s POV

‎‎I woke up to the sound of my phone buzzing relentlessly under my pillow, an unfamiliar vibration pattern that immediately jerked me from sleep. Nolan and Cassian were both gone from the hallway outside my room; the house had that early-morning stillness where even the walls seemed half-awake.

‎I blinked until my eyes adjusted, reached for my phone, and frowned at the unknown number flashing across the screen.

‎I should have ignored it.

‎I really, really should have ign
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