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⋆ Chapter 121

The silence didn’t last long.

“I told Eleanor,” Xavier spoke again. “I said it gently, or at least I tried to. I didn’t want to hurt her more than I already had. But she… she didn’t take it well.”

His fingers dug into the dirt beside him. “She was angry. Hurt. She said awful things, and I—I couldn’t...