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The Stalling Game

Author: The_Nancee
last update publish date: 2026-05-08 04:38:26

SUSAN’S POV

I got the beep. It was a sharp, piercing sound vibrating against my wrist with a persistence that made my stomach tighten. That was the emergency device my most trusted allies had. It was a small, high-tech transmitter, built for one thing: a life-or-death situation. It only beeps when someone was in a corner they couldn't get out of, and hearing it now meant something had gone terribly wrong.

The little device didn't just send a distress signal; it popped up an encrypted SMS and ac
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