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Chapter 143: Say It

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last update Data de publicação: 2026-04-19 13:54:53

Chapter 143

Roman called the Volkov principal at two forty-three AM.

The conversation was eight minutes. Lennon did not hear it, he was in the observation ward on the second floor with four stitches in his upper arm and the specific exhausted quiet of a body that had been through a great deal in a short time.

Damien was in the chair beside him. Evelyn was in the corridor. Archer was on the floor outside the room with his back against the wall and his knees up.

Roman made the call from the hosp
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