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Reason Triumphed Over Pride

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Isla

Still, Lia’s worry was contagious. And Saxony-laced threats on anonymous lines were new territory for me. I dialed Alexander with fingers that felt clumsy. He picked up on the second ring, his voice cool. “You alright?” he asked.

“Someone called...threatened...said something. The number cut off.” I tried to make my tone neutral, but he heard the thread of panic and it made him clench a little, just in the way his voice did.

“I told you,” he said. Not a condemnation, but a tired, contained
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