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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.

hidden communicator, maybe even with a

And that voice….

Jean recognized it instantly.

the guy from the

weird, spooky kid from

one who had some kind

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lazily through the badge. “Didn’t I tell you before? If you ever

you

Jean blinked.

was kind of

Wait, hold up–name!

gave her his

Ludwig.

His name was Ludwig.

did that

brain flipped through every plotline she could remember from the novel. And

Oh my God

She remembered.

wasn’t some

He was that Ludwig.

The prodigy

even hit puberty. He

over rooftops, tear people apart with his bare hands,

form

the Wild Dog

book, he was one of the strongest villains.

first, he was a pure

a few run–ins with

team

on, he

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day, he’d

throw in with

Jean’s head was spinning.

floated through the

staring down at the

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

must be a

whispered, breath

shift on the

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crying?” His voice dipped. There was a flicker of panic

The connection cut off.

didn’t even ask

the badge had a built–in

Ludwig could track her.

the bushes,

the tank. Her limbs

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

against a tree, holding her breath,

Act dead. Don’t move.

has to

dead only fooled

Not

through the dark and landed

Jean winced

God, that’s bright!

“There she is

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