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Chapter 26 - Cake & Claim

Elder Thora’s phone chimed, low and insistent. She frowned, sliding the device from her silver clutch, and her brows knit.

“My apologies, darling,” she murmured, rising smoothly from her chair. Even standing, her presence pressed over me like a blanket of protection. “This cannot wait. A council ma...