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Chapter 080

Author: Nancy's Best
last update publish date: 2026-09-21 13:24:00

Ivy Pov:

Noah called me the moment he left Lockwood's office, his voice tight with a fresh dread I recognized instantly, the same tone that had preceded every fresh catastrophe over these past months.

"Say that again," I said, gripping my phone tighter as I sat in the research library, several colleagues glancing my way at the alarm evident in my voice.

"Noah, someone connected to your draft, to the team itself?"

"That's what Hendricks is claiming," Noah said, exhaustion bleeding through the c
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