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Chapter 10: Key 409

Author: T. ASCHROFT
last update publish date: 2026-08-07 01:28:56

The static on the phone screen sizzled against the cold Chicago rain before the display went completely black.

Isabella stood frozen on the sidewalk of North Wacker Drive, the freezing water soaking through her blazer, her thumb still pressing against the lifeless glass of her phone.

Poisoning him.

The words echoed inside her head like a siren. Richard wasn't just fading away in a private clinic—Victoria was actively extinguishing him, using synthetic beta-blockers to mimic a terminal stroke
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