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CHAPTER 78– EAVESDROPPING ALPHA

Author: Mercy V.
last update publish date: 2026-04-16 19:48:10

The meeting ended not with a handshake but with a ceasefire.

Victor gathered his papers with clipped movements. Seraphina smoothed an invisible wrinkle from her dress. Rylan and Jace shifted just enough to be ready for anything without looking like it.

Lyra didn’t bother with politeness.

She walked out of the conference room without a backward glance, Harris falling into step behind her, Mei ghosting along the other side of the hall like a human shadow.

They turned the first corner before Mei s
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