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Chapter 32: The Room of Judgement

Autor: Ruthie B
last update Data de publicação: 2026-06-14 18:50:45

Finn’s POV

The heavy steel chains around my ankles rattled with metallic clang against the marble floor of the lobby. The armed federal officers on either side of me kept their hands firmly on their sidearms, their faces rigid and unyielding as they escorted me toward the private executive elevator.

I saw my reflection in the mirrored panels of the elevator, and I felt humiliated. The neon-orange jumpsuit was gone, replaced by a wrinkled grey suit the prison administration kept for court appear
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