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Chapter Thirty Three: Midnight Claw

Author: Mary Gilliam
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Rosa’s POV

Blood tasted like metal.

I wiped it from my mouth, my hand shaking. The hit to my temple still throbbed, pulsing behind my eyes like a second heartbeat. Smoke choked the air, and firelight danced across the broken hallway behind me. The west wall was gone just debris and flame and a hole where there used to be safety.

If you could call this place safe.

Kane stood in front of me, calm like always. Too calm. Like the blast hadn’t rattled the entire compound or scattered his precious plans across the floor.

And then her voice cut through the chaos.

“Wrong again,” Daisy said.

I didn’t even get to shout before she pulled the trigger.

The shot echoed. Sharp. Final.

But Kane didn’t fall.

The bullet clipped his shoulder. He staggered back, cursing, blood splashing against the wall. Daisy moved fast, kicking the shotgun into her grip from where Xavier had dropped it near the threshold. She didn’t hesitate.

Another shot. This one went wide, tearing through the door frame beside me.

I
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