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Chapter 55 She Comes Clean

The dark night stretched above like a heavy curtain.

Jean kept her head low, trying to avoid the harsh glare from the flashlights shining in her face.

She didn’t say a word, but inside, she was on edge.

The men in black were dragging her out of the woods, no hesitation, no mercy–and the one who said he’d come for her still hadn’t shown up.

Suddenly-

A strange sound rustled through the trees. Something was moving fast across the forest floor, brushing against leaves and twigs with sharp, slicing whispers.

It was getting closer.

And then–like a lightning bolt out of nowhere–a streak of black shot into view, so fast it blurred into a phantom.

No one could see what it really was Just a blur. Just a shadow,

Jean’s heart stopped. Her whole body went rigid.

She watched, wide–eyed, as a scream tore through the air–sharp, abrupt, terrifying.

One of the guards–a tall, broad–shouldered man–was taken down in a blink.

The rest of them froze.

These were seasoned men, the kind used to blood and violence. But even they were shaken by what they’d just seen.

The danger was sudden. Overwhelming. Like a predator had just stepped into the field and made it very clear who the real apex was

And it wasn’t them.

The shadow didn’t stop.

It moved like death incarnate–silent, brutal, fast.

Fists cracked bones. Kicks sent men flying. In the dark, his limbs were like knives. Quick. Cruel. Precise.

They never stood a chance.

One by one, they hit the dirt, groaning, helpless.

Jean was the only one left standing.

She blinked

Then, the blur was in front of her.

Up close, she could see a flash of hair swaying in the night wind.

The boy crouched down, and his voice–cool and crisp like mint–drifted into her ears.

“Gel on”

Jean froze.

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She

effortlessly, like she weighed

a wolf, wild and fast. The forest blurred behind

side of his neck, arms tight

know how he did

know how they

the next thing she

Neon signs

They were out.

They were free.

Finished

down on a sleek black

action movie.

mouth parted slightly in

anything, Ludwig reached up and gently fit

was made of

let him. Quiet

voice soft through the helmet. Her eyes found his–dark,

“You

But

she began slowly,

stood tall in front of her. She

is it?” he

dark. Almost too black to be real.

don’t know what happened,” she said. “But I woke up one day, and it was like a big part of my memory

it

going to

the plot of the book was enough

But she’d been wrong

knew anything. Abyssal Choir. Ludwig. The

was all

too many blanks. Too many things

she was going to make it here, if she wanted a

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She

well beat him to

her cards on

my memory? Ludwig echoed, brows tugging

of

Jean nodded.

Finished

was nervous,” she said softly. “But now, I think

up on

said it that way to make it sound

memory loss was real–and that she was still the same Jean, just missing a few files in

if Ludwig suspected otherwise–if he even thought she wasn’t the

She was dead meat

probably kill her in five different ways with

Jean’s heart was pounding

Ludwig said nothing.

at her–unmoving, unreadable,

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