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The Ticking Silence

Penulis: G.C Patterson
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-06-18 20:05:06

Jeffery’s POV

Three hours since we'd left Richmond, I was still holding onto the wheel as if it were the only thing keeping me sane.

Cassie slept in the passenger seat, her head against the window, curls spilling like dark ink down the shoulder. Strain creased her face even in repose, her lips pursed as if bracing for a scream.

I detested this.

She did not have to be a pawn in this twisted game of chess born in the digital age. She was more than the last key—more than a daughter of a dead genius or an access point to a cyber bomb. She was Cassie: curvy, fierce, brilliant, stubborn. Mine.

And she was in greater danger than ever.

The virus her mother had planted—Operation Rebirth—grew into a homing signal. If Emmaline or any of her followers got wind of it, Cassie would be a walking target. And not for capture. She would be a target for assassination as well.

I gritted my teeth and sped up.

***

Cassie’s POV

I awoke to silence. That dense, uncomfortable silence that makes you feel as if
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