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... e looked at Ardis, her eyes calm but thoughtful. Then she leaned back slightly in her chair, one hand resting lightly on the desk.

"You were right," she said quietly. "Originally, I wouldn’t have chosen you."

Ardis didn’t speak. But her posture shifted, just a little. Not tense. Just attentive.

The dean glanced up.

"Not because I doubted you," she said. "But because I didn’t want to ask more from someone who’s already carried more than most."

That made Ard ...

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