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CHAPTER 173

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The Place He Chose To Die

Nobody spoke.

The key rested in Elias' open palm, catching the firelight as though it possessed a life of its own, its worn silver surface bearing the marks of years spent being carried, hidden, and protected, and somehow that small piece of metal seemed to contain more gravity than all the files, journals, and secrets they had uncovered during the past few weeks.

Serena couldn't stop looking at it.

The place where he died.

The sentence kept repeating inside her head.

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