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99: Growing unease

Author: Realistic
last update publish date: 2026-05-24 05:32:35

Aurora

Damian was tender with me as we walked out of the room to join the others in the dining hall for breakfast. According to him, I needed something in my stomach unless I wanted to break down before dinner later.

And he was right. My stomach kept grumbling, and I felt really exhausted and drained from the inside out after those moments. It didn’t even feel like I was myself anymore.

Even though I felt exhausted physically, deep down in my soul, I felt really different.

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Jacqueline Lee
I know you wanted to keep the peace between brothers but you know how Liam was to you before and now that his brother is your mate and the way her treated you when he took you from being captured but the crazy girl, you should have sang like a canary
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