Amber POVBy the time we arrived at the fairy house, the night had gone deep and quiet.The gates opened in silence.The gardens were lit softly.The towers glowed against the dark like something out of a dream.After the base, after the alarms, the screens, the gunfire, and the politics—Home felt unreal.The front door opened before we reached it.Alice, Rose, and Iris were waiting inside.Still awake.Still dressed.Still entirely too alert for the hour.The moment they saw us, they rushed forward.Questions collided instantly.“Did you save them?”“Was there a helicopter?”“Did Alex do spy things?”“Did anyone get arrested?”Alex, for once, looked openly excited.No aloof expression.No careful calm.Just bright-eyed pride.“Yes,” he said, already stepping into the center of attention.And then he told them everything.Or at least his version of everything.Which somehow involved him finding the clue, helping with computers, meeting important people, and nearly becoming responsibl
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