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Chapter 9: Ghosts of the Past
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2026-05-28 21:00:47Three Weeks Later...
Time had moved strangely since that letter arrived. Three weeks had passed, but they felt like three months—or maybe only three days. I had lost count. The world outside our penthouse had kept turning, cities had risen and fallen in the news, businesses had made billions, and people had lived and died. But inside these walls, everything had shifted into a heavy, suffocating pause.The note sat locked inside Kiel’s personal safe n
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