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CHAPTER 19:THE NIGHT OF THE GALA

作者: Inkbyjane
last update 公開日: 2026-06-21 15:59:42

~MAYA~

I slid my bare feet off the bed, my heart instantly restarting its panicked rhythm. I padded softly across the cold marble, my eyes wide as I approached the desk.

The biometric drawer I had unlocked earlier with Julian’s signet ring was completely pulled open, its lock shattered and smoking with a faint smell of burnt wires. The 0404-GALA folder was gone.

And lying right in the center of the leather blotter, directly beneath the pulsing red light of a high-frequency tracking beacon
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    ~MAYA~ I slid my bare feet off the bed, my heart instantly restarting its panicked rhythm. I padded softly across the cold marble, my eyes wide as I approached the desk. The biometric drawer I had unlocked earlier with Julian’s signet ring was completely pulled open, its lock shattered and smoking with a faint smell of burnt wires. The 0404-GALA folder was gone. And lying right in the center of the leather blotter, directly beneath the pulsing red light of a high-frequency tracking beacon, was a fresh, hand-written medical report from Saint Jude’s Hospital—dated exactly one hour ago. My trembling fingers reached out, picking up the paper. My eyes scanned the bold black text at the top, and the breath completely died in my throat. It was a forensic toxicology screening run on the blood sample Julian had drawn from me at the hospital yesterday. And stamped right across my name in undeniable, bleeding black ink were the words: PATIENT TRANSFUSION RECORD: WARNING. DNA SPEC

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