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Chapter 101

Author: Avery writes
last update publish date: 2026-11-10 22:10:47

The sub-basement smelled like recycled air, sweat, and the faint, metallic tang of fear.I sat against the reinforced concrete wall, my rifle across my knees, staring at the ceiling as another muffled explosion shook the ground above us.

Dust rained down in a steady, gray drizzle, coating everything in a fine layer of ash. The temperature had climbed to eighty degrees, the closed-loop ventilation struggling against the heat of our bodies and the geothermal warmth of the earth.

Forty-seven hours
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