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Chapter 85 Pressure Test
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2026-06-21 00:15:52The thing about a standoff is that it only holds while everyone agrees to keep being afraid of the same thing. The scarred woman and I were afraid of the net.
Marcus Vane, somewhere behind me, was afraid of dying on a beach for a cause he never signed up for, and Marcus is the kind of frightened that does something stupid to feel brave. He goes for the flare gun on his hip.
I do not know what he thinks it will do. Maybe nothing. Maybe he just needs his hands to be doing somethin
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