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CHAPTER 71: A HOME FULL OF FALSE SMILES
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2026-08-23 21:40:16
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kneel Before Your Plus-Size Luna CHAPTER 131: THE WOMAN WITH THE SILVER RING
AMARAThe photograph had been copied twice.One copy was secured inside Lucian's satchel. The other lay on the table in the private sitting room, where Amara had spent the last twenty minutes studying the three men beside the carriage.Her father stood on the right.He looked younger than the man she remembered from the few photographs she had grown up with. His shoulders were straight, his expression serious, and one hand rested against the carriage door.He did not look like a man who had already lost everything.He looked like someone waiting for a decision.Amara traced the edge of the photograph without touching the ink."He knew he was being moved," she murmured.Lucian stood behind her."Possibly.""And he asked whether I had been found.""That's what Margaret remembers Peter telling her.""Then he believed someone was looking for me."Lucian pulled out the chair opposite her."Your father had reason to believe that long before Northbridge became involved.""Did he know who was
kneel Before Your Plus-Size Luna CHAPTER 130: THE MAN WHO SIGNED THE RELEASE
KAEL’S POVThe municipal archives occupied what remained of Bellwater's old East Station.The structure had once served as a bustling railway terminal, but the tracks had long since been abandoned and the main passenger hall converted into a public storage facility. Crude wooden partitions divided the space into narrow administrative offices. Faded timetables hung crookedly along the lime-washed walls, the heavy scent of aged parchment, damp stone, and iron lingering in the air.I stood before an archivist’s desk, holding the leather payment ledger Orson Bell had given me.“I require immediate access to the parcel manifests from the final operating years of Northbridge Carriage and Freight,” I said, my voice deep and unyielding.The clerk behind the counter adjusted his wire-rimmed spectacles, barely looking up from his ledger. “Those records fall under restricted historical status.”“Restricted by whom?”“The regional preservation board.”“Then summon your preservation board
kneel Before Your Plus-Size Luna CHAPTER 129: THE PAGE THEY COULD NOT BURN
KAELThe missing page had left a raw, jagged scar in the register.Kael sat at a narrow desk inside Orson Bell’s records house, examining the torn binding under a brass magnifying lens. The page had not been removed in a rush. Someone had painstakingly sliced through the binding thread with a surgeon’s precision, then scraped away the tiny serial number printed along the inner margin.Whoever had excised it had wanted the entry obliterated without compromising the integrity of the surrounding leaves.That suggested meticulous calculation.It did not, however, suggest absolute success."Tell me you’ve uncovered something tangible," Gideon said, returning with two pewter mugs of bitter tea."I’ve uncovered proof that someone went to extraordinary lengths to ensure we wouldn't," Kael replied grimly."Brilliant. Shall I ready the victory trumpets?"Kael ignored his Beta’s dry sarcasm, tilting the heavy blue register toward the window light.A ghost of an impression ran parallel
kneel Before Your Plus-Size Luna CHAPTER 128: THE BOX THAT WAS NEVER DELIVERED
KAELThe old railway depot had been abandoned for eleven years, but someone had recently swept the dust from its front steps.Kael noticed that before he noticed the broken, grime-covered windows.The structure stood beyond Bellwater's primary commercial district, where the cobblestone streets narrowed and residential homes gave way to disused timber warehouses. Rusted railway tracks disappeared beneath thick weeds. A signal post leaned heavily toward the road, its red glass lens cracked and hollow.Gideon crouched beside the rotting wooden threshold. "Fresh boot prints.""How many?" Kael asked."Two distinct sets. One entered. One departed.""How recently?""Within the last twenty-four hours, at most."Kael stared up at the depot's dark windows. The storage container Orson Bell had disclosed was supposed to be hidden in a private vault leased under Edwin Marr's name. If an operative had already breached the building, they might have recovered the contents—or destroyed whate
kneel Before Your Plus-Size Luna CHAPTER 127: THE SIGNATURE IN THE NORTHERN REGISTER
KAELThe records house had no sign above its door.Only a narrow brass plate remained beside the entrance, its lettering worn almost smooth by decades of rain and neglect. Nestled between a shuttered tailor's shop and a timber warehouse smelling of damp cedar, the building looked far too ordinary to contain secrets that had outlasted three royal administrations.Kael re-read the message in his hand under the grey morning light:Do not ask for the northern register unless you are prepared to learn who signed it.It had arrived less than an hour before he rode into Bellwater. He had anticipated a confrontation, perhaps a trap; he had not expected to find the front door resting slightly ajar."Do you want me to take the lead?" Gideon asked softly, his hand resting near his hilt."No.""Naturally."Kael pushed the heavy oak door open.A small brass bell chimed overhead. The front room was dim and chilly, lined with wooden filing cabinets and crowded shelves of ledgers whose lea
kneel Before Your Plus-Size Luna CHAPTER 126: THE WITNESS WHO DISAPPEARED
AMARA’S POVThe name Edwin Marr was written three times on my list.Each time, I had circled it in dark ink.Each time, I had hoped the next document would yield something concrete.It hadn't.“He was the transport manager for Northbridge Carriage and Freight,” Adrian said, settling into the armchair opposite my desk. “The company handled private, off-the-books shipments between Greyhold and several northern estates. Marr retired abruptly shortly before the firm was dissolved.”“And nobody thought to question him?”“Someone did. There is a record of an inquiry made several years after your father vanished.”I looked up sharply. “Who initiated it?”“The name was deliberately scrubbed from the surviving copy.”Of course it was.I dropped my quill onto the table with a soft clatter. “I am beginning to suspect these people spent far more effort suppressing their paper trail than executing their actual operations.”“Perhaps hiding the trail was their primary operation.”“That
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