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Chapter 194: Marcus Identifies a Pattern
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2026-01-28 07:31:13Marcus Shaw did not believe in coincidence.
He believed in repetition, in data that refused to stay buried, in the quiet alignment of details that most people dismissed because they arrived years apart and dressed differently each time.
It was nearly two in the morning when the pattern surfaced.
The Crosswell security floor was silent
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