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Chapter 163

Author: Pure Moon
last update publish date: 2026-11-04 02:26:38

Elena’s POV

"What?" I shouted.

The single word tore past my lips, raw, jagged, and explosive, vibrating off the peeling wooden paneling of the rotting safehouse walls. The television speakers continued to drone on in the background, but the massive figure—ten million dollars—hung in the charged air like a physical weight, crushing the remaining fragments of sanity I had left.

My gaze snapped away from the glowing blue screen, locking directly onto my mother.

"What?" I shouted again, my voice cr
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