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Gaining Control

Author: Author Destro
last update publish date: 2026-01-14 14:05:27

Jasmine

What?

For a moment, I honestly thought I had misheard.

Collette… didn’t like rubies?

The words echoed in my head, as if Maya had said them in a foreign language I couldn’t quite understand. Rubies were her favorite. I had asked. I had checked. I hadn’t rushed this… I had been careful… right?

Kendra.

Axel’s cousin.

She had smiled when she told me. Smiled and leaned closer, lowering her voice as if sharing a secret meant only for me.

“Aunt Collette adores rubies,” she had said. “She’s alw
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