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Chapter 104: If We Make It Out

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Alex's fingers linked with Sonia's as they navigated the crumbling service corridor, the facility's death sending tremors through the walls around them. Behind them, Carlos leaned heavily on Geneva, while James struggled to maintain his pace, each labored breath a testament to his deteriorating condition.

"Seven minutes," Sonia announced, her professional tone betrayed by the slight tremor in her voice. In the dim emergency lighting, her eyes found Alex's—warm brown pools of certainty amid chao
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