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The Missing File

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Chapter 9:

Elias POV

“Go and rest upstairs,” my mother said. I knew she was done with me that instant.

She was already turning toward the kitchen. I nodded and climbed the stairs.

I sat on the edge of the bed meaning only to steady myself. At some point the quiet took me. I did not feel sleep arrive.

I woke with a jolt from the nightmare—Cassian’s face emptying into decision, the shot, Corbin sliding down the doorframe after the night that had come before it. Sweat cooled on my skin. My heart
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