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Chapter 24

Author: Lois
last update publish date: 2026-03-31 04:09:33
Tate's POV

She was gone before the room had fully settled.

One moment she was behind the console, closing the presentation with the composed efficiency she had carried through the entire session, and then the side door opened and closed and she wasn't there anymore.

I stayed where I was while the room broke into smaller conversations around me, Jonathan saying something beside me that I didn't catch, and I was still looking at the door when I heard her name.

"Carter handled that well, consid
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