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Chapter: 101 Part 2: The Wait That Wasn’t a Wait
Author: Pen_Tackle
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Aurelia's fingers tightened slightly around the edge of the table. “I hope that's true.”

Nahir smiled. “It probably is.”

He said it easily. He had become very good at telling Aurelia what she wanted to hear, but there was one thing he could not explain away. The waiter.

Nahir's eyes shifted toward the door. The man was nowhere to be seen now.

Did he hear me?

The question returned. Nahir hated it. He had spent years constructing his identity carefully. He had hidden his real intentions from almo
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