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Chapter 47: Pushed Out

Author: Kim castro
last update publish date: 2026-10-14 17:02:22

The council voted to relocate me on a Thursday morning, and by Thursday evening, I no longer had a room to go back to.

They called it a recommendation rather than a directive, which was council language for something they knew was unjust but wanted to avoid calling by its actual name. Serena had framed it, apparently, as a concern for Alex's wellbeing, citing the stress of ongoing proximity between his current fiancée and his previous wife as an obstacle to his recovery and their preparations.
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