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In the gaslit backstreets of Vermillion Row—where the cobblestones swallowed whispers and the lamplighter’s ladder always had one extra, impossible rung—there lived a myna that collected midnight confessions

Every child in Mrs. somone’s orphanage knew the rules: No jumping on beds after dark. No stealing sweets from the kitchen. And never, ever leave your toys out at night. But eight-year-old Veera was too

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