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Chapter 45

Author: MAYREE
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ALESSANDRE

The Regent warehouse was at the end of a derelict street, all rust and broken windows. There was a stench of stale chemicals and rain-washed concrete inside, and the only illumination came from a skewed skylight where the moon cut silver bars across the floor.

I shut the steel door behind us, the ring echoing down the empty hallway.

"Phones off and batteries out," I instructed them, speaking low but firmly. "If Phoenix is bugged, they won't pick up anything."

Charlotte didn't flinch as she switched off her phone and placed it in her purse. Matteo lagged behind more slowly, watching me cautiously before doing the same and putting his in his pocket.

From the corner of the room, the moonlight highlighted a figure heading toward us.

Devi Krushna.

She was five feet of subdued threat, wearing a black hoodie with her laptop clutched to her chest.

Matteo swore of her integrity, and I believed him, so I had him bring her.

"You know most people would just book a meeting at a café,
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