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Chapter 7: Behind the Locked Door

Author: Ajah success
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Chapter 7: Behind the Locked Door

Midnight arrived slower than Aria expected.

She spent the evening pacing her apartment, wearing a path into carpet that had seen better decades. The key card sat on her kitchen counter, black plastic gleaming under cheap light. Every few minutes, she picked it up. Every few minutes, she put it back down.

At eleven forty-five, she stopped hesitating.

The building swallowed her whole when she arrived. Empty lobby. Dark hallways. A single security guard nodded as
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