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Chapter 64: The smart move

Author: Ivy Crane
last update publish date: 2026-07-04 14:32:43

Chapter 64: Ryker's POV

my phone rang, I looked at the number,I have had it in my contacts since the first week, added without comment, never used. I stare at it for one full ring before I answer.

"Mira," I say.

"She called someone last night." Mira's voice is careful, measured, the way she speaks when she is carrying information she is not sure how to deliver. "From the back porch. I couldn't hear the words. But Landon heard the tone and said she sounded like his words...the not-scared versi
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