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Chapter 64

Author: Elsa Rose
last update publish date: 2026-09-05 23:38:01

The memory of the black-market weapons deal came back to Clara in fragments, scattered images of a time that felt both distant and immediate. She had been standing in a warehouse on the outskirts of the city, the air thick with the smell of oil and rust, her heart pounding with a mixture of fear and excitement. The man across from her was named Viktor, a former Soviet soldier who had carved out a niche for himself in the underworld of illegal arms trading. He was a ghost, a shadow, a man who ex
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