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Chapter 79: The Shadow in the Water
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2025-11-10 08:17:36The submersible’s cockpit was a vacuum of silence, broken only by the gentle hum of its life support and the frantic, disbelieving pounding of Jack’s own heart. Dr. Finch’s gesture, the ancient, perfect bow of a wolf to its Alpha, was a reality-shattering anomaly, a variable so far outside any known equation that it bordered on madness.
Jack’s instincts screamed. His hand, still tingling with the aftershock of the key’s power, twitched towards the combat kni
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