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CHAPTER 53
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2026-04-20 08:42:19NEAH
Dr. Nathan Price stands in Diane's study like he owns the place. My uncle. The man who experimented on my mother. The fifth council member. Family I never knew existed.
And he's smiling at me like I'm a prize he's been waiting to collect.
"You're lying," I say. My hand stays on my knife. "There's no tracker. My mother would have told me."
"Would she?" He gestures to Elena. "Tell her, sister. Tell your dau
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