When the Family 210

Chapter 210 A Strange Feeling

Carl walked swiftly down the corridor.”

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The crisp night air filtered in through the ornate, vintage windows, brushing across his face and helping to cool the strange heat still lingering in his blood.

His steps came to a halt.

He looked up instinctively, catching sight of the full moon bathed in silvery frost.

He’d thought–long ago–that he was beyond the reach of emotions like this.

He should have been.

Years of ruthless self–discipline had honed him into something cold, distant, precise. A machine, void of sentiment.

And yet… something had slipped. A cog in the machine had turned the wrong way, and emotions had begun spinning wildly, out of his control.

Jean had eyes like clear glass, like a mirror. As if she could see right into him.

When he looked into her eyes, it felt like someone was quietly brushing the dust from his soul.

That strange feeling had taken root from that moment on–spreading from his chest like fire over dry grass.

And it was difficult to describe, this sensation…

for it. He only

Maybe-

by family. A feeling that soothed the unrest in his heart

Family…

his sister, after

His blood–related sister.

Jean, meanwhile, was calm.

didn’t take Carl’s cold words to heart. Instead, she moved quickly to wash up,

her thoughts

today’s Abyssal Choir meeting… would turn

had delivered

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noticed by the Secret Service–and

It sounded almost unreal.

the future Abyssal Choir might become a powerhouse. But right now, they were a fledgling group. If the Secret Service truly

Choir survived this early threat? How had it

Something must have happened…

through

else from the

She doubted it.

there had been, Queenie would’ve made them all face interrogation together–forced them to

on her

the sole

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