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Something was wrong. Maeve was still not here.

When she told me she had those stupid cramps and wanted to stay back, I should've known from that moment that something was off.

Maeve knew how important this day was to me. She'd never let me come here on my own, despite whatever condition she was in. How had I been so nonchalant to have missed it?

The trial was starting. Maddox and I wer