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Chapter 24
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2026-05-04 07:30:00CHAPTER 24: THE PLAN
We sit with the map until midnight.
Vera's estate spreads across three pages. Kael drew it from memory and from what Ronan's scouts have gathered over the past two weeks. The east wing is marked in red. Third floor. The tapestry room. The locked door behind it.
I keep looking at that mark.
Kael keeps looking at me looking at it.
"We go in," I say. "Before the election. We confirm she is there. We get her out."
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