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Chapter 71: Shadows in the Peripheral (Part 1)
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2026-06-21 14:01:36POV: Jovan
The ride back to Shae’s place felt like a funeral procession. Usually, I’d find some excuse to tease her about how my helmet swallowed her whole, or we’d be arguing about whether to grab Thai or Italian for dinner. I’d feel her arms—tentative, soft—looping around my waist as the bike leaned into the curves of the Miami coast.
Not today.
There was only the guttural thrum of the engine and the salt-heavy wind of Sanur biting at my skin. It felt cold. Wrong.
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