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CHAPTER 71 – Quiet Sabotage

Penulis: Quinn Montclair
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-08-16 17:00:57

Mara

The first thing I notice is the weight. The armory door should drag a little on its hinges. Too much humidity in these mountains, the timber swells. But tonight it swings open without that familiar resistance.

My fingers hover on the iron latch a heartbeat too long before I push inside.

The familiar smell envelops me. Oil, steel, cold stone. Normally it’s clean, orderly, a space that reassures me the pack’s teeth are always sharp.

I step in, boots echoing against the planked floor. The t
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