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CHAPTER 77

Author: Evey
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-28 18:26:14

The summons came early in the morning. Damon had just returned from patrol, his shoulders dusted with rain, when the call from Commander Halstrom’s office reached us.

I hadn’t expected another meeting so soon, not after the emotional weight of Abel’s revelation about Shadow and the bitter sting of Cal’s death.

Still, the two of us went without protest.

Damon’s face was carved in his usual guarded lines, but I could feel the tension simmering beneath his skin, as if his silence was the only thing holding him together.

Halstrom’s office was dim when we entered, the single lamp on his desk casting a heavy glow across stacks of reports. The man himself leaned back in his chair, his expression unreadable, his gaze sharper than usual.

“You’ve heard by now,” he said without preamble. “About Shadow.”

I nodded slowly. “Abel told me. He said there was… a bomb.”

Halstrom’s jaw tightened. “Yes. And Cal.”

The silence after the name weighed like lead. I lowered my eyes, my throat thick.

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