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CHAPTER 54: Gray Hallow
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2026-05-25 01:48:12
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The iron box scraped across the stone floor with a harsh metallic sound that seemed far louder than the gunfire waiting to erupt.For one suspended heartbeat, every eye in the chamber followed it.Then everyone moved at once.Ethan lunged toward Aria, grabbing her by the shoulder just as another shot struck the pillar behind them. Fragments of stone burst into the air, forcing them both to the ground.“Stay down!” he shouted.Victor fired twice in quick succession, forcing Elias’s men to duck behind the entrance walls. The exchange bought only a few seconds, but in those few seconds Jonathan was already moving.He wasn’t running toward cover.He was running toward the box.Elias saw it immediately.“So that’s what this has always been about,” he said, his voice carrying surprisingly well despite the chaos.Jonathan didn’t answer.His attention never left the box sliding across the uneven floor.It struck a crack in the stone and spun sideways, finally coming to a stop halfway between
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