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Chapter 147

Author: Ms. Grace
last update publish date: 2026-03-29 19:13:25

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Pain had become background noise. The bullet wound in Gavin’s shoulder throbbed with every heartbeat. Blood soaked through his shirt, his jacket, dripping steadily onto the marble floors.

He didn’t care, he just kept moving, one foot in front of the other.

Through corridors littered with unconscious guards. Past rooms where fires were starting to spread. Around corners where the sounds of fighting still echoed.

The compound was dying.

Zeus’s empire was collapsing and Gavin was
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