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Chapter 102
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2026-05-22 17:43:52Maya's POV
Carter's message had no preamble. Just the attachment. One file, sent through the encrypted channel, the kind of delivery that communicated the sender understood the content required no introduction. I opened it... The image was blurred at the edges..... the specific quality of a photograph taken at distance, through glass or from a position that required concealment. The room it showed was small and private, the kind
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