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Chapter 206: Reforging the Inner Circle

作者: Clare
last update 最終更新日: 2025-12-12 14:34:40

The hotel room in Geneva was a beige monument to anonymity, a world away from the sumptuous suites he normally occupied. The air was thick with the scent of industrial cleaner and stale coffee. It was exactly as it should be. From the third-floor window, he could see a car park and the side of an equally unremarkable building. There was no glamour here, no legacy. A clean slate—it was just what he required.

Leon had already returned before dawn with a thin, locked briefcase. It contained the pa
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