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Chapter Twelve Part 1: The Trap

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The pounding on the door came at 2 PM.

Novalee was sitting at the kitchen table, staring at nothing, when the urgent knocking started. Not Dante's measured knock. Not Atlas's key.

Frantic. Desperate.

She went to the door, looked through the peephole.

Greysen.

Novalee opened the door and Greysen pushed inside, breathless, eyes wild.

"Don't say anything," they hissed, pulling out their phone and typing rapidly. They showed Novalee the screen:

*Your phone is bugged. Don't speak. Just read.*

Novale
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