Feast Above the CloudsThe black SUV roared, climbing the steep, winding road up to Puncak, shrouded beneath a thickening blanket of night fog. Outside the windows, the lights of roadside stalls and scattered settlements flickered like fireflies, slowly fading as the altitude rose. The noise and chaos of Jakarta had vanished, replaced by the silence of a tropical forest that held dark secrets deep within it.Inside the cabin, Mavric Thorne glanced anxiously at his watch. His expression, usually as calm as a lake in Switzerland, now looked like a volcano on the verge of eruption. In his hand, he gripped a mobile device linked directly to Eleanor’s medical monitor back in London. His mother’s heartbeat pulsed clearly on the screen stable for now, yet Mavric knew that stability was nothing but an illusion, one Dr. Aris could shatter with a single click.Liora Valerius, meanwhile, was fighting a very different battle. She held no weapon, but her fingers danced across her laptop keyboa
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