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Chapter Nineteenth : The Devil's Due

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last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-11-05 17:44:31

Alessandro’s POV)

The first light of dawn was a sterile, grey wash against the windows of my study. Sleep had been a luxury I could not afford. The room, once a sanctuary of quiet contemplation and, more recently, a space of fragile intimacy with Isabella, had transformed overnight. It was now the heart of my war machine. Digital blueprints of the Chicago port authority glowed on a large touchscreen monitor, a spiderweb of access points, sightlines, and potential choke points. The scent of
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