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Chapter 7- Breakfast

Author: Anna Toxie
last update publish date: 2026-04-20 18:00:07

-Isabella-

The dining room is too bright and too airy,  but I still feel like iI'm suffocating. Everyone is already seated, and the only space left is next to my sister, right across from Damian.

We are sitting across from each other like we're getting ready for war. A battle between two people who had a mere moment together in a

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