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Chapter 46:The master key

Author: EmmaWrites
last update publish date: 2026-09-19 19:36:39

The heavy oak door at Oakhaven had barely clicked shut before Vincent’s phone vibrated in his palm.

He pulled it from his jacket pocket, his thumb swiping across the encrypted screen in a single, sharp motion. "Speak."

"We found the vehicle," said Marcus, his head of security, his voice crisp and stripped of emotion over the speaker. "A grey sedan, registered to a shell company out of Delaware that dissolved three years ago. It cleared the main gate security grid at your estate using an authori
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