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2021-11-09 21:59:37Jaz
I approached Cynthia’s desk slowly, as if dragging out this moment.
“I need to speak with the Luna, please.”
Cynthia didn’t even bother looking at me, fingernails continuing to tap away at her keyboard. “She’s busy until 4:00.”
“This can’t wait.”
The tapping paused, and she peered around the screen at me.
“Please,” I pleaded. “It really can’t.”
With a measuring gaze she rose, wary of me. Did she know that I was part of Deidre’s inner circle now?
She excused herself into the Luna’s office, then reappear
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