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Chapter 461: Shadow Ledger
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2026-04-27 21:29:43Ben Carter had not slept in fifty-three hours, and his vampire metabolism was beginning to express its displeasure through involuntary fang extension and an increasingly predatory reaction to anyone who walked too close to his workstation.
"Do not sneak up on me," he told Aaliyah when she approached with a data pad. "I have been staring at financial instruments from a parallel universe for two days and my predatory instincts are not distinguishing between threats and interns."
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