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Chapter 109 Shadows behind Power

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Chapter Title: Shadows Behind Power

The corridor had finally emptied.

Silence returned to my floor, the kind that only followed after authority had been firmly asserted. The echoes of hurried footsteps faded, leaving behind nothing but stillness and intention.

Elder Yates remained where he stood.

Waiting.

He was not a man who needed things explained twice.

“Now,” he said calmly, adjusting his grip on his cane, “you mentioned another matter.”

I studied him for a brief second.

Then I turn
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