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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.

communicator, maybe even with a GPS tracker

And that voice….

Jean recognized it instantly.

guy from

kid

kind of connection

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

you

Jean blinked.

kind

Wait, hold up–name!

gave

Ludwig.

His name was Ludwig.

did that sound so

flipped through every plotline she could remember

Oh my God

She remembered.

wasn’t some

He was that Ludwig.

The prodigy

hit puberty. He was a walking

his bare hands,

form

him the Wild Dog of the

was one of the strongest villains.

was a pure

heroine–Sarah–and after a few run–ins with her, he actually switched

team

on, he became

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54 His Name

he’d

in with the

Jean’s head was spinning.

You still there?” his voice floated through the badge again–smooth as

still staring down at the metal in

been a force of destruction as a child. Now that

must be a total

whispered, breath ragged.

faint shift on the

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

The connection cut off.

ask where

badge had

Ludwig could track her.

the bushes, the

limbs were done. Her skin throbbed.

have wasted time fiddling with a weird

sat against a tree, holding

Act dead. Don’t move.

He has to

dead only

enemy? Not so

through the dark and landed square

Jean winced

God, that’s bright!

“There she is

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