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CHAPTER 223
Author: LADY E
last update2026-01-06 23:44:04

The knock came softly and measured.

Not the frantic rapping of panic, not the hesitant tap of uncertainty.

Dianna felt it before she heard it—a subtle disturbance in the room, like the air itself had shifted direction.

Jackson’s pulse throbbed weakly beneath her thumb, her eyes burned.

She blinked hard, swallowing the ache rising in her throat.

She had learned long ago that if she let herself cry now, she might not stop and stopping was not an option tonight.

“I’ll get it,” she
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