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CHAPTER 38

Author: ARPAN PORAME
last update publish date: 2026-03-17 23:11:27

The Ghost in the Machine

The medical recovery room at Thorne Manor felt so quiet, interrupted only by the steady beeping of the EKG machine monitoring Liora’s heartbeat.

Moonlight streamed through a gap in the curtains, illuminating Liora’s face pale as marble.

She lay still, yet her mind remained trapped between two worlds: physical reality and a labyrinth of digital code.

Mavric Thorne sat beside the bed, his hand gripping Liora’s fingers tightly.

On his lap, a medical tablet still display
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