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Chapter 79: The hunt begins..

Author: Clara Asonye
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-25 17:07:24

Laylas POV

"What do you want?"

The words left my mouth before I could stop them. The room was silent except for the faint hum of the phone on speaker and everyone was watching me.

The distorted voice on the other end didn't rush to answer. I'm sure he deliberately didn't answer immediately to stretch the silence.

"Cooperation," he said finally. "In seventy two hours, you have a psychiatric evaluation scheduled."

My fingers tightened around the phone. "And how did you know that? Is this Jasper?
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