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CHAPTER 9: SET UP TO FALL

Penulis: Frank Cannon
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-12-31 20:06:05

By the third day, the whispers were no longer quiet.

They followed me through the packhouse like a shadow I couldn't escape. In the corridors. In the kitchens. In the training hall where I still scrubbed blood from stone on my knees.

"She's dangerous," a warrior muttered as I passed with my bucket.

"I heard delusional omegas snap," his companion agreed, not bothering to lower his voice. "They become violent. Unpredictable."

I kept my head down and kept walking. Three days of this. Three day
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