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CHAPTER 047 Shadows That Speak

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—Sophia’s POV

I didn’t sleep. Not really. Maybe I drifted off at some point, lulled by the faint hum of surveillance equipment and the warmth of Ethan’s jacket draped over me.

But my mind never really shut down. Not when the world outside was sharpening its knives.

Ethan hadn’t come back to the cot after Russ showed him that video. I knew he wouldn’t. That wasn’t how he worked.

He stayed up, planning, watching, calculating a hundred steps ahead like the strategist he was—ruthless, cold, composed.

And somehow, even with all that steel in his spine, I’d seen something else crack through.

He touched my hand. Just briefly. But it was enough.

I sat up, rubbing my eyes. The artificial lights had brightened again—morning, according to the bunker’s clock. It was morning but it didn't feel like it.

It felt like time had stopped counting, and we were trapped in what seemed like something unexplainable.

I found Ethan seated in front of the wall of screens. Back straight. Eyes fixed. Like a
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