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Chapter 31

The whole city of Chicago was spread out below, but I didn't care about the view. All I saw was the long black table in the middle of the room. And Raphael. He sat at the head of the table, a laptop was open in front of him, casting a faint glow over the sharp angles of his face. His suit was perf

Chapter 32

Most of the script had the same spacing. The same structure. A line would start, indent, close, indent again like steps on a staircase but halfway down the screen the rhythm broke, just slightly. I squinted. The letters still swam when I tried to read them normally, but the shapes didn’t lie. That

Chapter 33

For a moment he didn’t say anything else. His eyes kept moving across the code like he was retracing every step I had taken. Then he spoke again, “Nice trick though.” I frowned slightly, confused, and finally looked up at him over my shoulder. I blinked, stunned, "I fixed the bugs." "Not the code

Chapter 34

If he called my mother, everything would fall apart, years of lies, years of pretending. She believed in me. She believed I was strong, capable, brilliant. The daughter who had everything under control. The one she could look at with pride instead of worry. If the truth came out, that image would s

Chapter 35

Gianna ━⊰ ❦ ⊱━ I slammed the door to the small apartment we all shared. My hands were still shaking, and the spot on my chest where his knuckles had brushed felt like it was on fire. I pressed my palm there again without thinking, then again like maybe if I rubbed the spot enough it would era

Chapter 36

I felt my jaw tighten. The thought of letting a man close felt like walking onto a battlefield without a shield, "Why? So they can find a new way to break me? I’m better off alone." "You’re not," Morgan said, reaching out to touch my knee, "You’re building a wall so high that you’re trapping yours

Chapter 37

Halfway to the front door, he cleared his throat, "That bag looks heavy. You want me to carry it for you? Give your shoulder a break?" My grip on the strap tightened until my knuckles turned white. My head snapped toward him, my eyes flashing. "I don't need a man to carry my things!" I barked. "

Chapter 38

The Reminder. I walked to the mirror and stared at myself. I saw my five-year-old self staring back at me with tears in her eyes. “Read it!” The voice exploded in my head. It wasn't my voice. “What are you, stupid? It’s right there! Look at the letters, Gianna. They aren't moving. You

Chapter 39

Raphael ━━ ⛓ ━━ The Minister of Defense had been speaking for twelve minutes and thirty-two seconds. A blue map of the city flickered on the wall, covered in red dots that moved and changed as our behavioral AI predicted the next hour of traffic and crime. I sat at the head of the long glass tab

Chapter 40

I forced my hand to go flat on the table. I wouldn't run the check. I wouldn't use the satellites or the bank records. I would respect the line my brother had drawn in the sand. "The meeting is over," I said, standing up. I stood up and left the meeting room without saying a word to the men behind

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