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Chapter 75
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2026-05-05 08:28:45Maya's POV
Everything happened in the space of one second.Alex's arm came forward, not the protective bar across my front this time but a different motion, faster, the specific movement of someone who had assessed a figure emerging from smoke and made a decision. His hand was steady.The gun was real."Don't move," he said.The figure stopped.I held his shirt with both hands, heart running, eyes trying to resolve the figure through the
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