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CHAPTER 31: THIAGO

Author: Calista Nyx
last update publish date: 2026-10-22 03:21:17

The mid-morning air in the lower tactical office was crisp and sharp, smelling of cold mountain granite and high-grade gun oil.

I stood by the broad iron map table, staring down at the updated grid of the Serra Gaúcha pass. Iago sat across from me, casually flicking a heavy silver lighter open and closed with a rhythmic, metallic snap-click. On the screen embedded in the wall behind him, live feed monitors displayed four separate angles of the estate’s outer perimeter—the timber yard, the easte
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