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Chapter Ten

Penulis: Starman
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-01 05:57:00

10

IN THE DARK

ARIA

Silence.

Thick.

Heavy.

Then—

The man pulled something from inside his jacket.

Metal glinted under the dim lights.

My breath caught.

Nico moved faster than I thought possible, shoving me sideways just as a deafening crack split the air.

The sound rang in my ears.

I hit the floor hard, the world spinning.

Another shot.

A shout.

Chaos.

I scrambled up, heart hammering, vision blurred.

“Nico!”

Smoke hung faintly in the air.

One of the men was down.

The other two repositioned.

And
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