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Yet somehow it felt larger than all the hours surrounding it. "What exactly do you mean one minute is missing?" she finally asked. Harrison rubbed his forehead. "The system recorded an access session lasting fifty-nine minutes." Sarah frowned. "That doesn't sound strange." "It is when the automated timestamps indicate exactly sixty." Lena leaned forward. "What are you saying?" "I'm saying someone removed sixty seconds from the security record." Silence settled across the table. Sebastian slowly stood and walked toward the windows. Outside the estate gates, news vans were already gathering.

What if we’ve been distracted and following the wrong trail? It was past midnight when I clicked the send button. Vincenzo’s response arrived exactly 30 seconds later. |There are no ‘what ifs’, Jade|

] Her hand hovered over the mouse, her whole body trembling. "Click confirm! Hurry!" Edward roared behind her. Alicia shut her eyes, steeled herself, and pressed the button. "Confirm." When the record showed as successfully modified, both Edward and Alicia let out long breaths of relief. Smiles spread across their faces, the kind worn by people who believe they've just survived disaster, convinced they've wiped their hands clean and shifted all the blame elsewhere. What they failed to notice was that I had been standing behind them the entire time, holding a body-cam recorder.

They have a location. I stopped in the hallway. I read it twice. Then I typed back, my thumb moving fast across the screen: How. The response came in under a minute. Leak from inside. Still identifying the source. Sir — they're already moving. I looked at the time. Two hours ago.

Kael's POV The first message arrived twelve minutes after the bond completed. Then the second. Then seven more in the following twenty minutes. By the time the first hour was done Riven had stopped bringing me individual messages and was instead summarizing them in batches because there were too many to process one by one.

Ninth day, 23:30: “Beep, hello 001. It is now 23:50, the counting system will close in nine minutes, please complete the count from 1 to 120 if you want to continue” Still out of time, as usual. I didn't think much, immediately counted to 120. Day ten, 21:05: Beep. 1.2..3..120. Eleventh day, 00:00, what's up, the day is over, why haven't exited yet? The eleventh day, 12:00, it's already been half a day, why in the end? Beep. What's the matter, why haven't I exited yet?

"How long?" "Thirty minutes for the first one. Maybe forty-five for the second." Forty-five minutes was too long. I didn't say that because saying it wouldn't make it shorter. "The moment either team has a visual confirmation they report directly to me." Lucas nodded and went back out.

Grace's POV It seems like eternity later but we made it to the house in one piece, it looks very different closer with so sign of occupants. "It looks abandoned," The smaller girl said, her voice stronger than when we talked in the house. "We can't be too sure until we check," the second girl replied. After a few seconds of rapid knocks the door opens to reveal the silhouette of a woman. We have no idea what time it is but it is quite obvious it pass midnight.

“Our guys followed him. Ready?” “How long?” “Two minutes, maybe less.” The call ends. Everything tightens. It is time.

Hope you understand (: • *** First's playlist: • Mirage (theme song) - Elina • Black and White (second theme song) - Niall Horan • What a time - Julia Michaels ft. Niall Horan • You & me - James TW • Monsters - Katie Sky (the single version) • Paper planes - Elina • Here's your perfect - Jamie Miller • You mean to tell me - Tatiana Manaois • Ours - Taylor Swift (if you want to listen to it, then go to Spotify and type "First on w*****d" you will get it) *** Please keep in mind that this book is the first thing I wrote before I started embarking on journey of being a writer. I have no background or writing experiences or courses done on creative writing so please excuse my newbie mistakes and