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Chapter 489: Marcus Retires a Ghost
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2026-03-27 06:50:38Marcus did not announce his departure.
He prepared it the way he prepared everything else, quietly, methodically, without inviting sentiment into the process. The office lights were still dim when he arrived, the city not yet awake enough to notice him moving through it. He preferred that hour. Fewer interruptions. Fewer assumptions.
The file waited where he had left it.
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