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CHAPTER 89 — THE ONE WHO STAYED TOO LONG It didn’t happen loudly. No slammed doors. No dramatic reveal. Just a feeling. The kind that creeps in slowly and sits in your chest like a warning you can’t explain. ⸻ Sienna couldn’t sleep. Not after everything. Not after the man’s words. You left us first. They kept replaying in her head like a song she didn’t want to remember. She had tried lying down. Tried closing her eyes. Tried pretending everything would make sense in the morning. It didn’t. So she got up. ⸻ The hallway was quiet. Too quiet for a house this big. Usually, there were always footsteps somewhere. Guards shifting. Staff moving. The low hum of life. Tonight, it felt hollow. Like the house itself was holding its breath. ⸻ She wrapped her arms around herself
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