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Chapter 22: Ready By Six.

Author: EllyPen
last update publish date: 2026-09-18 08:53:30

ROSE.

I stood by the side of the road, my whole body shaking, the phone still pressed against my ear.

Sharma's voice came through fast and sharp. "Stay exactly where you are. Do not move. Lydia is here with me and we are coming right now."

I hung up and slid down against the car door, my legs too weak to hold me any longer.

My eyes kept drifting back to the guard's body slumped in the front seat, and every time I looked at him I felt the same wave of sickness rise in my throat.

I had killed som
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