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Chapter 30: Some Graves Keep Secrets

Author: Azia Emris
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-13 20:25:58

ERDEM

After the interrogation, I left Hendrix in the lower holding room.

"This isn't punishment," I told him, before Konstantin locked the door.

"It looks exactly like punishment."

"It's caution. My guards saw you attack me with a blade last night, so I can't let you walk free through the estate this morning as though nothing happened."

"So I should stay locked up here?"

I didn't answer. I left before I could see whatever expression crossed his face at that.

The estate's records room sat two fl
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