Chapter 22 United Front

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“Alicia!” For the love of the Moon Goddess! What now?! After another restless and awful night’s sleep, Alicia tossed the covers from her, the shrill voice of Emma not allowing her to rest a moment more. She couldn’t sleep now after hearing her call her name multiple times until the door burst open. Her heart was almost bursting from her chest, and she was ready or not-so-ready for another war, clutching her phone as a means of a weapon aimed at whoever opened the door. Emma’s head popped inside the door frame, and she scowled at her daughter. “What are you still doing in bed?” Her tone was clipped and icy—the usual, but a little more aggressive than usual. “Sleeping?” Alicia answered in confusion, her voice a little wispy from sleep as she squinted at such a tyrant first thing in the m

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