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Author: Jules Golden
last update publish date: 2026-04-22 18:28:35

Chapter 56

He said the word quietly.

That was the thing about Matthias when something had been decided. He didn't announce it. Didn't raise his voice. Just said the word and the air in the room reorganised itself around it.

*Enough.*

And then he was moving.

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We didn't go back upstairs. He turned down a different corridor, pace faster and more direct than his usual unhurried stride. I matched it without being asked.

The door at the end of the hall had no label. No window. Just a thumbprint sc
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