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CHAPTER 34 — TIGHTENING THE LEASH

Penulis: Faithy
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-08-29 02:22:38

Grace received the summons the way she always did: a single text with no context, just an address and a time, and the unspoken understanding that showing up wasn't optional.

The estate looked the same as always: pristine hedges, polished stone steps, and a house that had never once felt warm despite how much money had gone into making it look inviting.

The maid let her in without a word.

Tristan's mother was already seated when Grace entered. No tea this time, no pretense of catching up, just a
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    The third call came at dawn, and this time Sera insisted the whole inner circle be present—Marcus, Priya, Julian patched in remotely, Lucien standing rigid beside her, Daisy having refused to be left out despite everything already weighing on her since the discovery of her own file."I want to make something clear before you say anything else," Sera told Crowe, the moment the connection opened. "Whatever else you reveal today, it doesn't change what we've already decided. Lucien and I aren't defined by your architecture. Pixy isn't defined by its original purpose. Nothing you built accounts for what any of us have actually chosen to become since you lost control of your own experiment.""I never claimed to have lost control," Crowe said, his voice carrying its usual unhurried calm. "I've simply been observing how the variables express themselves. But I appreciate the clarity, Miss Ashford. It saves us both considerable time.""Then get to the point," Marcus said. "Whatever you called

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    The second call came less than a day later, no warning this time, Crowe's voice simply filling the communications room again as though he'd never fully disconnected in the first place, only paused to let his previous revelation properly settle."I find I'm not quite finished being honest with you," he said, without preamble. "I hope you'll indulge me a little longer, Miss Ashford. I promise this next piece matters considerably more than the last.""I'm not sure I trust anything you're about to say," Sera answered, though she gestured for Marcus to keep the channel open regardless."That's reasonable," Crowe said. "Trust me or don't. The information remains true either way, and I suspect you'd rather have it than not, whatever your feelings about the source."Lucien had gone very still beside her, and something in his stillness made Sera's chest tighten before Crowe had said another word."Lucien," Crowe continued, his voice carrying that same warm, unhurried fondness he'd used discuss

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    It took three days of careful, sometimes difficult persuasion before Julian finally agreed to wait, and even then, Sera suspected it was less her argument that convinced him and more the sheer scale of what she proposed building around him instead of leaving him to face it alone."We don't do a second small breach," she told him over the radio, laying out the plan she'd spent those three days assembling. "We do this properly, once, with everything the coalition has. Not just an infiltration team slipping through a maintenance gap. A real operation. Enough force that whatever we find, we're not scrambling to survive the retreat the way we were last time.""That's a significant escalation," Julian said carefully."It's the escalation this deserves. You've waited seven years for this answer, Julian. A few more weeks to make sure we actually reach it safely isn't going to undo that patience. Walking in unprepared and dying before you find her would."He'd agreed, eventually, and the weeks

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