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Chapter 54 His Name Is Ludwig

Jean hit the ground hard, face–first into the dirt..

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The earthy smell filled her nose as pain exploded across her body. It was like every bone and nerve had been yanked the wrong way at once.

She barely noticed the ache, though. Her only thought was getting up.

She tried

But her limbs had no strength left.

Her arms were like wet noodles. Her legs wouldn’t respond.

She couldn’t get up. She couldn’t run anymore.

Clint

Something metallic slipped from her jacket and landed right on the back of her hand.

The cold touch snapped her out of the daze.

Jean fumbled, fingers closing around it.

It was that metal badge–the one shaped like a six–pointed star with an iris in the center, the symbol of Abyssal Choir.

It had belonged to the host. Jean sometimes kept it with her.

Leaving it at home felt risky. If anyone in the Ginger family saw it, she wouldn’t be able to explain.

So, sometimes she stashed it away. Sometimes she carried it.

Jean turned the badge over, about to tuck it back into her pocket–when she noticed something odd on the back.

A tiny switch. Like a button or trigger.

What the hell is this?

She ran her thumb across it, curious.

It moved.

It actually moved.

“Whoa_ weird,” she murmured, her voice hoarse from thirst and exhaustion.

“What’s weird?”

Jean’s heart jumped.

The voice came out of nowhere–smooth, low, and crystal clear.

“Wait you

“You what?” the voice repeated.

Jean looked around, her pulse suddenly racing

She checked left Right. Up. Down

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Chapter 54 His Name is Ludwig

This thing wasn’t just a metal decoration–it was a piece of tech.

Like, spy movie–level high–tech.

with a GPS tracker built

And that voice….

Jean recognized it instantly.

guy from

weird, spooky kid from

one who had some kind of connection

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badge. “Didn’t I tell you before? If you

you

Jean blinked.

was kind of

Wait, hold up–name!

just gave

Ludwig.

His name was Ludwig.

did that sound so

she could remember from

Oh my God

She remembered.

wasn’t some random throwaway

He was that Ludwig.

The prodigy

genius who’d made headlines before he even hit puberty. He was a walking myth, a legend who people whispered

people apart with his bare hands, take on an army alone. A monster

form

called him the Wild Dog of the

book, he was one of

was a

few run–ins with her, he actually switched sides. He

team

then on, he became her right–hand

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one day, he’d betray Abyssal

throw in

Jean’s head was spinning.

his voice floated through the badge again–smooth as ever, with a hint of

staring down at

been a force of destruction as a child. Now

must be a total

whispered, breath ragged. “Help

shift on

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a flicker of panic

The connection cut off.

even ask where

meant the badge had

Ludwig could track her.

bushes, the badge

limbs were

could’ve moved, she wouldn’t have wasted time fiddling with a weird

sat against a tree, holding

Act dead. Don’t move.

coming. He has

acting dead only

Not

beam of harsh white light sliced through

Jean winced

God, that’s bright!

“There she is

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