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Chapter 104 - Better Security

Author: Dchenemi
last update publish date: 2026-03-12 19:00:59

ELLIE

The private jet touched down in Norway at some ungodly hour of the morning when the sky was still dark and my body had no idea what timezone it was supposed to be functioning in. My eyes felt gritty from lack of sleep, my neck aching from the awkward angle I'd dozed off at against the window.

I'd tried to sleep during the flight. Really tried. But every time I closed my eyes, my mind spiraled back to Elijah. To my father. To the fact that we were running instead of fighting, and what that
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