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Chapter 20 — The Cost of Distance

Penulis: Nyra Veyne
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-26 20:16:13

Lucien's phone vibrated in his jacket.

She heard it. He didn't move immediately, which was the discipline of a man who understood the next thirty seconds mattered more than whatever the phone contained. Then it vibrated again. Then a third time. It was the pattern he'd set for Sera specifically, and he said, "Excuse me," and stepped to the edge of the clearing.

Kaela turned back to the woman and felt — physically felt, in her shoulders and the back of her neck — the weight of the last hour catc
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