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CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

Author: Diana Powers
last update publish date: 2026-09-15 22:09:43

Damian didn’t wake Evelyn immediately.

He sat on the edge of the bed in the dark, phone still in his hand, rereading Oliver’s message until the words blurred. Catherine Ellison was alive. She had been seen leaving a motel near Harper’s Reach only hours earlier. The prepaid number had lit up just long enough to confirm she was still in motion, still careful, still looking over her shoulder.

He looked back at Evelyn. She was curled on her side, one hand resting in the space he had left, face soft
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