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Chapter 7: Lycaea
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2021-10-30 23:25:32I've been thinking of the man that I have encountered in the cafe few days ago. I can still feel my body tensing up and the irritation that I felt when he called me by my full name. He's really weird, thankfully after placing the cappuccino, he left. If he hadn't left that moment, I swear I must have lost control over my temper and beat the hell out of him.
"Have you watched the news, Austin?" Justin said beside me scattering my thoughts.
We are inside the library once again. Rather, she went to my pad and dragged me here. Said that I haven't been in the library and I need to let the gears of my mind move if I don't want it to be rusty.
"What news?" I said clo
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