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Chapter 280: The Last Hostile Takeover
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2026-01-31 03:08:14The moment I thought we had won, reality reminded me why I should never celebrate prematurely.
We were walking toward the exit—the convenient door my new powers had created—when the floor beneath our feet began to shimmer. At first, I thought it was a trick of the light, the golden glow from my transformed arm reflecting off the polished obsidian surface. But then Katherine stumbled, her foot sinking into what should have been solid stone."Jack—" she started to sa
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