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CHAPTER 15: THE STORM PREPARES

Author: Frank Cannon
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-03 07:45:41

Thunder rolled overhead as night fell.

I sat in my cell, the rusted nail clutched in my bleeding palm, and listened to the world prepare for my death.

The storm had been building all day. First just distant clouds on the horizon, then a gradual darkening of the sky, then the first fat drops of rain hitting the packhouse roof. Now it was a full tempest—wind howling through the corridors, rain lashing against stone, thunder shaking the very foundations of the building.

Perfect weather for an accident.

Perfect weather for a prisoner to attempt escape and meet an unfortunate end.

Perfect weather for murder disguised as tragedy.

The guards stationed outside my cell were getting restless. I could hear them shifting, muttering to each other, their voices carrying down the corridor.

"How much longer?" one asked.

"Few more hours," his companion replied. "Alpha said to wait until the storm peaks. Make it look natural."

"Nasty business."

"It is what it is." The sound of liquid sloshing. A bottle
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