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CHAPTER 89

Author: Becca jiri
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-13 05:14:41

Chapter 89:

Reynolds’ POV

“They broke quicker than I thought,” I said, watching the screen as Kane led them silently down the corridor, their silence louder than screams.

A technician beside me tapped a button, replaying the scene of Kelly’s confession. Then Caroline’s. Then Gina’s.

“I told you,” I murmured. “You don’t need bullets to kill loyalty. Just a mirror and the right lighting.”

I leaned back in the leather chair. The surveillance chamber around me pulsed with low lights, each wall a living screen tracking their every step. Cameras blinked from the vents. Mics embedded in the floor. They had no idea they were still inside my simulation.

“Sir,” one of the guards spoke cautiously. “Should we initiate the next phase?”

“Not yet,” I said, swirling the amber liquid in my glass. “Let them breathe. Let the cracks widen on their own.”

The screen zoomed in on Gina as she trailed behind the others, her eyes flicking to Kelly every few seconds, uncertain, unreadable.

Poor girl.

She wanted
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