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Keeping secrets

Author: Proud
last update publish date: 2026-07-22 22:46:37

~Everett~

Twenty minutes later, Vance and his three guards escorted me back across the campus to Knox's private quarters.

I walked in complete silence, with my hands shoved deep into my pockets, squeezing the encrypted drive so hard.

When Vance unlocked the reinforced door to Knox's suite, I stepped inside, expecting an empty room.

Instead, Knox was already there, standing by the window.

He had taken off his jacket, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, looking utterly exhausted.

But the momen
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