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The First Fracture
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2026-06-24 18:24:31The silence inside Kingsley Estate felt heavier than usual.
Cressida sat rigidly in her room, Richard Vale’s arrest replaying in her mind.
For years, Richard had been the one person she could rely on to keep certain things buried. He knew too much, and that had always made him useful. Their arrangement had protected both of them.
Now that protection was gone.
Across the room, Kyra watched her in silence. She wasn’t panicking. She was thinking, which was
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