DrentFor a moment I couldn't move.I knelt there with Renata in my arms, blood matting her hair, and the world around me went completely silent except for the sound of my own heartbeat slamming against my ribs.Then the rage hit.I laid her down gently, my hands shaking, and bolted for the door. I sprinted down the hallway, my eyes scanning every corner, every shadow, every exit. Dija couldn't have gotten far. She couldn't have."Dija!" I shouted, my voice tearing through the quiet corridor.Nothing.I checked the side door. Locked from the outside. I checked the connecting hallway. Empty. I ran further, my chest heaving, my mind screaming at me to find her, to end this, to make her pay for what she had done.But there was nothing. No trace. No sign she had ever been there at all, except for the woman lying unconscious on the floor behind me and the note that promised this was only the beginning.I clenched my fists so hard my knuckles ached.She was gone.I turned and ran back to Re
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