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Chapter 54 His Name Is Ludwig

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

Finished

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.

communicator, maybe even with a GPS tracker

And that voice….

Jean recognized it instantly.

was the guy from

weird, spooky kid from the

some kind of

Finished

out easily, don’t you?” he muttered lazily through the badge. “Didn’t I tell you before? If you ever

you

Jean blinked.

was kind of

Wait, hold up–name!

just gave her his

Ludwig.

His name was Ludwig.

did that

through every plotline she could remember from the novel.

Oh my God

She remembered.

some random throwaway

He was that Ludwig.

The prodigy

hit puberty. He was

could leap over rooftops, tear people apart with his bare hands, take on an army

form

him the Wild Dog

one of the strongest villains.

was

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

team

then on, he

425 PM c

His

one day, he’d

in

Jean’s head was spinning.

voice floated through the badge again–smooth as ever, with

at the metal

a force of destruction as a child. Now that he was older,

be a

breath ragged.

shift on the other

Finished

are you crying?” His voice dipped. There was a flicker of panic there–subtle but real. “Hold onto the badge. Don’t let

The connection cut off.

ask

badge had a built–in

Ludwig could track her.

into the bushes, the badge pressed

had nothing left in the tank. Her limbs were done.

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

a tree,

Act dead. Don’t move.

coming. He has to be

acting dead

enemy? Not so

light sliced through the dark and

Jean winced

God, that’s bright!

“There she is

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