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The North Spire Drop

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CHAPTER 55: THE NORTH SPIRE DROP

The Syndicate "Ghost-Skiff" felt less like a vehicle and more like a coffin wrapped in jet engines. It was a stripped-back, aerodynamic needle of matte-black carbon fiber, built for one thing only: high-speed infiltration of the Spire’s restricted airspace. I sat in the cockpit, the harness cutting into my shoulders, my silver-mercury wings folded so tightly against my spine they felt like a second, cold skeleton.

Beside me, the six Dormants had latched onto the
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