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Chapter 43

Author: Gafa author
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Night settled over the city like a silent threat—too quiet, too still. Alyssa stepped out of the private parking area beneath her apartment building, heels clicking against the concrete. She had stayed late at the office, reviewing documents, mapping strategies, preparing for the storm she knew was coming.

But she didn’t expect the storm to arrive tonight.

A soft echo—footsteps that didn’t belong to her—made her pause. Alyssa turned subtly, eyes narrowing as she scanned the shadows.

Nothing.

But her instincts burned hot.

She tightened her coat around her shoulders and kept walking, pace steady, refusing to show fear. Fear was blood in the water. Fear attracted predators.

And she had too many circling lately.

Halfway to her car, a shape detached itself from the darkness.

Then another.

Her pulse spiked.

Two men. Black coats. Hands tucked suspiciously in pockets.

“Evening, Miss Rivera,” one of them said, voice oily and wrong.

She froze. “Do I know you?”

“No,” he said with a grin, “but ou
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