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Chapter 57: On our trail

Author: Pearl Cole
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-26 18:29:43

The next morning comes quickly.

I barely sleep before Mae is already up, pulling clothes from the chair beside the bed while Leo checks something outside through the window.

“We need to move.” Mae says.

I sit up slowly, my body still exhausted. My muscles ache from sleeping stiffly and my mind still hasn’t fully adjusted to the reality that I am no longer going to be Cecilia Rodrigo.

At least not publicly.

I stare at the papers Mae handed me last night sitting on the bedside table.

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