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Chapter 289

Author: Larry Moose
last update publish date: 2026-10-23 13:00:10
Let them come.

The sun’s gone predatory by the time I hit my office. It edges past the neighboring tower, scrapes a single beam through the half-closed blinds, and paints the carpet with the kind of hard shadow that only happens when the day is almost over. My chair is turned slightly from the desk
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