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Chapter 28: Silence

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Chapter 28: Silence

"Reyna!" Jhonatan's voice cracked, his hands fumbling with the car door before some fragment of training, some memory of Glenmorrin's instructions, forced him to stop. "What's happening? Talk to me!"

"I'm moving in," Reyna's voice came through, tight and controlled despite the tension threading through it. "Stay in the car, Jhonatan. I mean it."

"I can't just sit here—"

"You can, and you will," Reyna snapped, uncharacteristically sharp. "If something's gone wrong in there, t
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