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She’s a distraction.

Author: Ava
last update publish date: 2026-01-08 01:01:24

Dante’s POV

I stepped inside the room and the door closed behind me with a soft, final click that reverberated like the sealing of a tomb. The sound hung in the air, heavy and irrevocable, marking the end of something I'd long tried to bury. The interrogation room was a stark, unforgiving space—concrete walls painted a dull institutional gray, scuffed from years of confrontations, the air thick with the faint metallic tang of fear and desperation.

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