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CHAPTER 17 - THE SYSTEM WAS NEVER EMPTY

Author: L.NOCTURE
last update publish date: 2026-06-23 04:38:40

The footsteps below stopped.

Then silence swallowed the stairwell again.

Not normal silence.

Waiting silence.

Amelia could hear her own heartbeat now.

Fast.

Uneven.

The darkness around them felt tighter somehow, like the building itself was listening.

Damian slowly lowered the phone from his ear.

The screen had already gone black.

Call ended.

But the last words still lingered heavily in the air.

“She’s coming for what she considers hers.”

Amelia wrapped her arms around herself instinctively.

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