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The Solicitor

Author: Amaya
last update publish date: 2026-09-17 19:36:56

Chapter 88

We left the yard before the rail cut filled.

Valen took the west service streets as promised — narrow, half-lit, lined with shuttered loading doors and the backs of older commercial blocks. Caius carried the case until the inner ring grew close, then we stopped under the overhang of a dead car park and made the split real.

“This is the hold point,” Valen said. “Two exits. I can see both approaches. The case stays here with Seraphine. I stay on the exits. The figure stays in sight.
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