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Chapter 90: Moving Pieces
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Last Updated : 2024-07-01Mated in the Shadow of Betrayal Author Note
Hi - just a heads up that my laptop completely died last night so updates may be delayed a little bit. Hopefully it can be fixed ASAP and I can recover the chapters that I've already been working on.This story is honestly my favorite one yet (of course, it helps that I know where we are going). 😂I will get the new chapters up as soon as the computer geniuses can help me. Thank you for joining me on this ride!
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