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The Midnight Snack

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Chapter 46

Caleb’s POV

Part I: The Ghost in the Kitchen

The digital clock on the oven flickered to 2:14 AM.

I had discarded the Jean-Pierre wig and the heavy glasses, leaving them on the prep table like the skin of a shed snake.

My knuckles still throbbed from the wall, and my nerves were shot from the Julian encounter.

I’d known the Sterling hawk would try to pluck a feather; I just hadn't expected him to be so bold. Shoving the dog’s brushed-out fur into the edge of my prosthetic had been a
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