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THE HUNTER IN THE SHADOWS

Author: Soul knight
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-04 14:48:45

CHAPTER SEVEN — THE HUNTER IN THE SHADOWS**

Amara pressed her palms against the cold steel walls of the safe room, her heart thundering like a trapped bird. Dante had locked her inside only minutes ago, his dark eyes burning with a promise he whispered before the door slammed shut:

**“I always come back for what’s mine.”**

But now the room was too quiet. Too still. Too wrong.

She paced back and forth. Ten steps. Turn. Ten steps. Turn.

The silence thickened, crawling under her skin.

Suddenly— **PHWMMM!** The lights flickered, then dimmed to a haunting red glow.

“No… no… Dante, where are you?” she whispered.

The security monitor on the wall blinked with static, the screen distorting the camera feeds. One by one, the cameras went dark until only a single angle remained — the hallway outside her door.

And then she heard it.

**Footsteps.**

Slow. Heavy. Deliberate.

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