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Chapter 141: Fixing The Grid

Author: Anney GW
last update publish date: 2026-02-28 10:08:49

[Alice’s POV]

The silence that followed David’s departure wasn’t peaceful. It was heavy, suffocating, like the air inside a tomb. I sat in the armchair for a long time, staring at the door he had walked through, the heat of the room doing nothing to stop the shivering that rattled my bones.

He had left me with a choice. A cruel, impossible choice. Sell my freedom and return to a marriage that was a lie, or watch the research cease and let children like Toby die.

I rubbed my hands over my face,
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