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CHAPTER 26: The Cartel in Silk Suits

مؤلف: Vee Okon
last update تاريخ النشر: 2026-08-14 03:47:07

SERAPHINE

The drive was quiet, but not the same quiet as before.

Kael sat across from me in the car, and every few minutes I caught him looking, not the sharp, cataloging glance he usually gave a room, but something slower, something that lingered a beat too long before he dragged his eyes back to the window like he was disciplining himself. I clutched the leather folder of contracts against my chest, my knuckles pale against the dark leather, partly for something to do with my hands and partly
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