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MAJOR ARCANA: Part Three, Chapter 12

Against Feeling

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John Pistelli
Dec 20, 2023
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Major Arcana is a serialized novel for paid subscribers. For more details, both about the novel and about subscriber amenities, please see the Preface. Previous chapters are accessible (in reverse order) under the Major Arcana tag.


PART THREE

Chapter 12. | Against Feeling

The next night, when classes were finished, Ash del Greco invited Jacob Morrow to watch her on a coaching call in her dorm. She was at the head of her bed, reclined against the pillows, with just the rainbow string-lights lit above her for illumination, her knees up and her laptop braced on her thighs in front of her as she launched the video call. Jacob Morrow sat cross-legged at the end of the bed, behind the laptop, out of the client’s sight. The kitten faces on the toes of Ash del Greco’s slippers smiled up at him. He watched the video call transpire, reflected in reverse in the lenses of Ash del Greco’s wide glasses. 

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