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I should’ve noticed earlier.
Sera was sitting across from me, but she wasn’t really there. She played with her fork, stirring her food absentmindedly. Usually, she’d have thrown some sharp remarks by now—something laced with sarcasm, something that carried that signature defiance she always took pride in.
“What do you think Reggie will do to Dominic?” I asked, baiting a reaction.
She turned to me with a weak smile. “Reggie would finish him off.”
Something was wrong.
Just this morning, Sera, with her signature style-sharp, defiant, stabbing with words—had managed to strip Dominic down. But now… she looked like she had lost half of herself.
I had barely taken a half of my plate when Sera suddenly set down her spoon. The movement was too abrupt, too noticeable.
I raised a brow, st
