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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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like she weighed nothing

wolf, wild and fast. The forest blurred behind

the side of his neck, arms tight around his

didn’t know how he did

know how they

thing she

Neon signs

They were out.

They were free.

Finished

Ludwig was setting her down on a sleek black motorcycle that looked

action movie.

parted slightly

could say anything, Ludwig reached up and gently fit a helmet

she was made of glass. Like

just let him.

murmured, her voice soft through the helmet. Her eyes

“You

much she wanted to say. But

slowly, “that I

in front of her. She was sitting now, and their eyes were

it?” he

to be real. They made his skin look even paler under the

I woke up one day, and it

said it slowly.

going to keep

landed in this world, she thought knowing the plot of the book was enough to keep

But she’d been wrong

Abyssal Choir. Ludwig.

was all a

were too many blanks. Too many things the

she wanted a real shot–she had to

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well beat him to

her cards

memory? Ludwig echoed, brows tugging

was a flicker of emotion in his

Jean nodded.

Finished

tell you before because I was nervous,” she said softly. “But now, I think I can trust you. So I wanted

up on

said it that way to make

that she was still the same Jean, just missing a few files in her

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

She was dead meat

could probably kill her in five different

Jean’s heart was pounding

Ludwig said nothing.

stared at her–unmoving, unreadable, eyes locked onto

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