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CHAPTER ELEVEN:Shadows In The Open

작가: Linet. K. Anastasia
last update 최신 업데이트: 2026-01-19 23:36:54

The city had stopped sleeping.

It wasn’t chaos—not yet—but every corner of the streets hummed with tension. Screens flashed with images of exposed corruption. Markets buzzed with whispers of deals long hidden. Even the quiet neighborhoods had begun to murmur, children asking questions adults had feared to answer.

Elara moved through the streets with Cassian close behind. Their plan had evolved. No longer merely reacting, they were taking the initiative—exposing one web of lies at a time, forcing the powerful to reveal themselves.

“You’ve changed the rules,” Cassian said quietly as they walked through an abandoned alleyway. “Before, the city had a rhythm—fear kept it in line. Now, every lie we reveal… every truth you speak… it shifts the pattern.”

Elara glanced at him. “I didn’t change the rules. I just stopped obeying them. The city responds to honesty now. It hates it, but it listens.”

Cassian shook his head, a shadow of awe in his expression. “You’ve made them unsteady. People who h
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