DANTEI woke up to my phone vibrating on the nightstand. The room was still dark, early morning gray filtering through the curtains. Next to me, Thalia was asleep on her stomach, one arm tucked under the pillow, her hair spilling across the sheets.I grabbed the phone before it could wake her. Dad's name on the screen."Yeah," I answered quietly, slipping out of bed and moving toward the bathroom."Meeting. One hour. Don't be late."He hung up before I could respond. I stood there for a second, staring at the phone, my stomach already tight with the familiar tension that came with Dad's early morning calls. Nothing good ever came from them.I got dressed quickly, trying not to make noise. Thalia stirred when I was pulling on my shirt but didn't wake up. I watched her for a second, remembering last night. The easy conversation, the way she'd laughed, the comfortable silence when we'd finally gone to bed. It felt like something fragile, something that could shatter if I looked at it too
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