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The Deep Dungeon
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2026-05-31 10:00:00The silver bars hummed with a low electric charge the second the clock struck midnight.
I sat on the cold stone bench in the deep dungeon cell, wrists still raw from the council cuffs. Footsteps echoed down the narrow hall. A tall figure stopped outside the bars. Darius Crowe. His smirk cut through the dim light like a bad memory.
"Avery," he said smooth, gripping one bar. "Midnight visit from the future. You look too good for a traitor cell. The si
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