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Chapter 29: The Final Warning:

Author: jhumz
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The Redemption of Truth

Julian remained frozen, staring at Elias, trapped in the agony of his betrayal. The weight of their history pressed down on the moment like an immovable mountain—every shared memory, every late-night plan, every whispered promise of loyalty now tainted by the knowledge of who had set his ruin in motion. The hatred in his eyes was absolute, a raging fire that no apology could quench, and he was choosing, with every unspoken word, to die on the hill of his integrity rather than accept salvation from the hands of the person who had engineered his downfall.

The room was a tomb of flickering lights and humming machinery, and yet the air thrummed with the pulse of the countdown, each second like a drumbeat in their bones. Elias felt the crushing, agonizing certainty that she couldn’t appeal to his reason anymore. Logic had abandoned this space, shattered by betrayal and distrust. She could only appeal to his instinct for survival, that primal drive to live at any co
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