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Chapter 383 The Vessel Preparation Nursery
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2026-06-30 00:16:44Serena started stealing the names out loud.
Not all of them.
Not yet.
She tested the first one like a woman tasting wine.
"Eli Thorne," her voice whispered through the ceiling speakers.
Mira went still.
The boy's half-formed outline in the cradle jerked as if something had hooked behind his ribs.
I slammed both hands onto the glass.
"Mira, say it."
Mira's face had gone blank with terror.
"Say it!"
"Eli Thorne!" she s
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