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Chapter 72

Author: Khalicy.P
last update publish date: 2026-05-27 20:38:44

HORACE

I froze. The room went completely silent. "What?"

"There were two distinct biological signatures left at the scene, but the only clean, testable sample we recovered was female. The other one was intentionally degraded with a chemical wash, completely unreadable." She tapped the paper again.

“And there's more. The cellular decomposition proves Deja was already dead hours before the security footage shows Harold bringing her back to her apartment after that party. He lied. He escorted a
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