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Chapter 251: Taken

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Damien was on the phone. He had been on the phone for the past twenty minutes since Lennon hung up. His voice was sharp and his jaw was tight. His knuckles were white around the device.

"I need everyone now. I need every contact, resource. I don't care what it costs."

Lennon turned from the doorway. "The nanny. What did she say?"

Damien lowered the phone. His face was pale. "She didn't see anything. Someone came in through the service entrance, they knocked her out before she could react."

"She
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