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Chapter 62: Still

Author: Raven vale
last update publish date: 2026-06-20 18:37:45

Nobody moved for a long moment.

Helen stood with her measuring tape forgotten in her hands.

Ren sat perfectly upright in her chair, her expression arranged into something neutral that was costing her considerable effort.

The room held the particular quality of a space that understood something significant was happening inside it and had decided to stay out of the way.

Adrian had not moved from the doorway.

He was still looking at her.

Not the assessing look she had grown used to over the past y
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