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Chapter 13 – The Disembarkation

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I stand motionless for a second that lasts an eternity, the entire world reorganizing itself around this new reality.

My father didn’t merely find me—he broke through Declan Callahan’s security, got close to Matthew and Claire, and positioned my mother as bait. The woman who chose silence as a weapon for decades is serving lunch to my son as if nothing ever happened.

Last night’s surrender was an illusion. A soap bubble that burst the moment I touched tha

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