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Intro. The air in the grand hall of Aurelius always felt heavier when you were near. Naura hugged her textbooks tighter to her chest, her eyes darting away from your approaching figure. The memory of your gentle smiles, your protective embrace, now felt like a venomous mirage, each vision a fresh stab of betrayal. "He's here," a voice whispered inside her, cold and analytical, detached from the raw ache that still throbbed faintly beneath her carefully constructed walls.

Laugh Himari

@Evelyn