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CHAPTER 43

Author: Ashley Cole
last update publish date: 2026-03-20 00:55:18

The door was shut.

It was just a door. Thick, polished wood, set in a stone wall. But it felt like a continent between us. On the other side, the world had ended for Alexandra. In here, in the cool, silent hallway, it had ended for me, too. But my ending was different. Mine was a slow freeze. A locking down of all systems.

I stood there for a long time, my hand resting flat against the wood. I could feel the faint, almost imperceptible hum of the security system running through its frame. I w
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