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2026-08-13 19:41:43Rowan was checking the surveillance rotation Taryn had mapped out when his phone rang with a name he hadn't expected to see today.
Sloane Wesley.
He stepped into the hallway before answering, some instinct telling him this wasn't a call meant for the whole apartment to overhear.
"Sloane."
"Rowan." Her voice was steady, but he could hear the effort underneath it, the particular careful control of someone who'd rehearsed a sentence several times before diali
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