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Chapter 72

Author: Sly Angel
last update publish date: 2026-04-14 22:12:03

KAMARA

Oscar is dead.

“What do you mean? He is dead..?”

The words didn’t make sense. They collided with the damp concrete walls of the cold-storage room and shattered like glass. I looked at the guard, whose face was drained of color, his hands shaking as he clutched his phone like a lifeline.

“He couldn’t even hold off for thirty minutes straight," the guard stammered, his eyes darting toward the heavy steel door as if the grim reaper himself were knocking. "He’s a weakling, Boss. Oscar was mo
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