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Chapter 0024

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“Enter,” Caleb commands.

I open the door and slink inside, careful to catch and close the door again behind me.

Caleb’s office sizeable, with a wide desk and floor to ceiling bookshelves lining every wall but the back one, which is made up of windows instead. Aside from the desk, a chaise lounge sit
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