ALEXANDERThe notification arrived at 3:17 in the morning.I was awake when it did.Sleep had become an unreliable indulgence since Ava disappeared. Every sound from the corridor drew my attention. Every passing vehicle beyond the gates invited the same brief, irrational expectation—that someone had found her, that a guard would appear with news, that the next voice I heard would finally tell me where she was.It was never her.This time, however, the notification came from a system I had been monitoring for months.I opened it.For several seconds, I didn't move.Ava's account was active.Not merely accessible.Active.There had been a login, fresh engagement, and movement across the profile. The account she had abandoned before leaving the property had been opened again.I read the information twice.Then I leaned closer to the screen.The location data was worthless.There was no reliable city, no recognizable network, no useful geographic marker. Whatever precautions she had taken
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