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Chapter 172

Shalom Egbebi
last update Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10.03.2026 06:10:51

Forty-Eight Years Later

Lina POV

“You’re late.”

The voice comes from the shadows before I even step fully into the room.

“I know,” I say, closing the door behind me.

The underground coordination chamber is smaller than I expected. Concrete walls. No windows. Just a circular table filled with projection panels and quiet machines humming under the floor.

For a plan that could shake the entire world, it looks strangely ordinary.

Alia sits at the far end.

AER-9’s projection stands beside her like a
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