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CHAPTER FORTY SIX- The Offer That Smelled Like a Trap

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The first thing I realized was that they had let us live on purpose.

That thought hit harder than the explosions, harder than the guns, harder than the way my hands were still shaking even though the corridor had gone quiet. Silence pressed in from all sides, thick and unnatural, the kind that followed a deliberate choice, not a retreat.

They could have finished it.

They didn’t.

Adrian’s palm was still locked around mine, warm, steady, anchoring me to the present. My ears rang faintly, like the aftermath of a scream I hadn’t realized I’d been holding back.

“Medical teams are sweeping the lower levels,” Seraphine said, voice clipped, sharp with adrenaline that hadn’t burned off yet. “No hostiles detected. No residual tech signatures.”

Collins stared at the scorched floor where the attackers had vanished. “They erased themselves.”

I swallowed. My throat felt raw. “No. They stepped out of reach.”

That distinction mattered. It tasted bitter.

We moved again, slower this time, the tension s
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