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Chapter 131: The Bump

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last update วันที่เผยแพร่: 2026-05-01 03:31:09

Time in the bunker is measured in shifts, not hours.

It is measured by the rotation of the guards on the monitors, by the scheduled delivery of supplies from the Russos, and by the slow, grinding progress of the war we declared from a kitchen table.

But my body has its own clock.

I wake up before the alarm. The air in the small underground bedroom is cool, filtered, and smells faintly of the lavender sachet Spadino managed to scavenge from somewhere to mask the scent of damp concrete.

I sit up.
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