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Chapter 96: The Price of Time
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2025-11-16 15:42:00The air in the Obsidian Lab’s medical bay was sterile and cold, smelling sharply of antiseptic and ozone. Jack lay strapped to a reinforced titanium alloy bed, the restraints a necessary, grim precaution. Katherine stood over him, her hand steady, holding a syringe filled with a pale red serum that seemed to pulse with a faint, inner light. Her face, usually a mask of calm control, was etched with a profound, soul-deep worry.
"The first serum's stabilizing effects are degrading fas
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