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Chapter 127: The Documents Already Moved

Author: May Che
last update publish date: 2026-06-24 03:16:16

The package had already been moved.

That was the first truth.

The second was worse.

Someone had known to move it before Daniel could reach it.

Elaine kept her eyes on the courier status screen, but for once her hands did not move immediately. The line remained there, bland and efficient, as if it had no idea how much danger could live inside four ordinary words.

Recipient changed by client instruction.

Leah stared at it from her chair beside Diana’s open workbox. Evelyn’s letter lay in it
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