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Chapter 9: The Phone That Disappeared

Auteur: Author klaus
last update Date de publication: 2026-10-15 18:40:47

“None of us thought you would.”

Mason's words echoed in Eli's head long after the line went dead.

Eli stared at his phone, waiting for his friend to offer an explanation, a joke anything to prove Mason hadn't just admitted to keeping secrets.

“Mason?” Eli asked into the silence. “Mason!”

Nothing. He lowered the phone slowly.

Across the room, Adrian stood motionless, pale beneath the dim apartment lights. For once, the star hockey captain seemed stripped of every clever defense.

Eli met his gaze
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