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Chapter 57 Reunited

For a split second, Jean’s heart pounded like a drum

She locked eyes with Ludwig. And just for that one beat, she was sure–absolutely sure—he’d figured it out.

He knew she wasn’t the real Jean.

But then Ludwig’s expression shifted

He smiled faintly, his sharp, cool eyes softening under the glow of the streetlights.

“Of course,” he said, like it was no big deal. “I only doubted it for a moment.”

He added. “But then I realized… you haven’t really changed.”

Jean blinked. Hadn’t changed!

That did not make her feel better. If anything, it threw her into a deeper fog.

“Why would you say that?” she asked cautiously, trying to read his face. “How do I still seem like.. me?”

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She and the host couldn’t have been more different. The way she spoke, the way she acted, even the way she thought- completely opposite. Yet Ludwig still thought she hadn’t changed?

Ludwig scratched the back of his head. He looked relaxed, even a little amused.

“I don’t know little things, maybe,” he said, glancing toward her thoughtfully, “Like how you clench your fingers when you’re nervous. Stuff like that.”

Jean froze.

Clenching her fingers!

Was that something she actually did? She had no memory of it.

It was probably one of those unconscious habits, something buried in the body’s muscle memory. Things you don’t even realize you’re doing unless someone points it out.

Ludwig had noticed.

He was watching her that closely.

Jean lowered her eyes. Her lips pressed into a thin line

Wait a second.

Something didn’t add up.

Ludwig was picking up on tiny habits from the host, and she

did

left over in

Or—F

sharp pulse of pain exploded behind her

Jean clutched her head.

Chapter 57 Reunited

was like her mind was warning

broke through

She shook her head.

Didn’t say a word.

already asked enough questions tonight. Probably too

Finished

all of them, some with surprising honesty. She still didn’t have all the pieces, but she

before

step at a

the damn headache would

his helmet like he’d

him, wrapping her arms

to get flustered over this stuff. He’d carried her before, and now he told

a grown adult. If getting home safe meant clinging to a teenager on a motorcycle,

drove her back toward

all the way to the front door, of course.

off the bike, steadying her as she stepped down and took

tip off your family,” he said. They’ll come here

crouched beside her, his

want about what happened.

nod. She already knew what he

she wasn’t going to tell the Ginger family anything about Abyssal Choir. Or Ludwig. If they found out, they’d probably treat her like a

everything”

move

dropped to one knee in front of her. His dark eyes met

“if something like this

tugged gently at Jean’s

the

he looked almost

cutting through the night–he

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Finished

orders came from them, not from her. If one day she clashed with Abyssal Choir–if he ever discovered the truth about who she

Il hat then?

didn’t dare imagine

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