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Chapter 8: The First Crack

last update publish date: 2025-09-19 21:59:30

The office was eerily quiet at night.

No buzzing phones. No clicking keyboards. Just the low hum of the city lights spilling through the glass windows of Knight Enterprises’ top floor.

Lily Carter sat at her desk, surrounded by a fortress of files, her eyes drooping dangerously as she scribbled notes.

“This is fine,” she muttered to herself, propping her chin on her palm. “Totally fine. I’m young. I’m energetic. Who needs sleep anyway?”

Her pen slipped from her fingers.

Her eyelids grew heavier
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