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Chapter Seventy-One

Author: Imma Noir
last update publish date: 2026-05-11 12:01:00

The sky looks wrong.

That’s the first thing I notice as I step out of the car.

The strange, in-between gray hue of it makes everything feel suspended, like something is about to go wrong. It doesn’t help that my mind is in overdrive and my heart won’t stop pounding as the cab I hastily ordered finally comes to a stop.

I slam the car door harder than I mean to and glance down at my phone again, half-expecting Jake to text and say “never mind.”

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