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12: Sanctuary
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2024-10-29 19:42:56T W E L V E M I N U T E S E A R L I E R, back at North Atlanta High, the Principal had just decided not to call off the ceremony but instead declaring it as successful as the graduates had already been announced prior to the events that had followed.
Parents and their graduated kids had begun to clear from the school, all the while fascinated by the green sky.
Bianca Sinclair had followed her parents home after Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair had finally decided to commit to their daughter's needs, and she had been happy at how much attention they had been giving her over the past year, given their past lifestyle that included travelling around the world and missing out on a great deal of Bianca's school life.
Marcus and Carmen had been ordered by their parents to follow suit and had had no choice but to reluctantly obey, same case with Henry, especially after a similar incident had happened two years
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The Ultimate Speedverse 35: The Chi
S H E H A D A W O K E N with a start, probably from a dream she had had. Natasha sat up on her bed and could see some light coming through the hut’s closed window and could tell it was morning. She then got the urge to pull herself out of bed after which came the hard part—standing. Natasha heaved herself up ever so painfully, fighting through her upset legs and finding the walking staff that Sang had give her, propped its arm rest under her right shoulder and the pressure on her legs loosened. She exhaled and made for the door. Outside, Natasha could see people going about their business in the rising sun that was barely visible over the horizon. She realized that she had gotten up a bit earlier. Cows were being herded out onto the small patches of grass while others were being milked. A young boy ran with a scruffy looking dog away from the village before stopping to lap at water from a flowing
