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CHAPTER 7: DAWN OF A DYING COMPANY

Penulis: Chesywins
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-11-06 17:12:23

"What will the dawn cost you?"

I asked it in the garage, where Leonard had led me to, through the kitchen; so no guard would see us leave.

Stephen had tried to follow us but Leonard had told him kindly to go to bed. Then he said he understood, and quietly returned back, but I had felt his eyes on my back until the pantry door swung shut behind us.

Leonard opened the passenger door of his black Bugatti La Voiture Noire. The kind of car I had never seen before. He did not answer until I was sitti
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