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Chapter 3

The heat arrived before consciousness did.

Shreya woke to the sensation of sweat pooling in the hollow of her collarbone, the cotton bedsheet clinging to her legs like a second skin. Outside, the pre-dawn call to prayer drifted from the Noor Masjid three streets over a melodic wail that rose and fell in practiced rhythm. She'd grown up with that sound, found comfort in its reliability even though she'd never set foot inside a mosque.

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