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Chapter 85

Author: BJayy
last update publish date: 2026-05-02 01:30:18

The federal detention facility was maximum security.

Bella was in a cell. Isolated. Under constant observation.

She was not speaking. Not cooperating. Just sitting. Waiting.

Cross visited her for interrogation.

"Where are the remaining Phoenix cells?" Cross asked.

"I do not know," Bella said.

"You are lying," Cross said.

"Yes," Bella agreed. "But that will not change the outcome."

She looked at Cross directly.

"You think you have won," Bella said. "You think capturing me stops the Phoenix. But
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