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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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her effortlessly, like she weighed nothing

the trees like a wolf, wild and fast. The forest

the side of his

didn’t know how he

they made

next thing

lamps. Traffic. Neon signs glowing in

They were out.

They were free.

Finished

her down on

action movie.

mouth parted slightly

up and gently fit a helmet over her

made of glass. Like

him.

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

“You

much she wanted to say. But

she began slowly,

She was sitting now, and

is it?”

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

know what happened,” she said. “But I woke up one day, and it was like a big part of my memory

it slowly.

going

thought knowing the plot of the book was

But she’d been wrong

barely knew anything. Abyssal Choir.

all a

Too many things the host hadn’t left

she wanted a real shot–she had to know

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beat him to

lay her cards

memory? Ludwig echoed, brows

a flicker of emotion

Jean nodded.

Finished

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

made up

said it that way to make

make him think her memory loss was real–and that she was still the same Jean, just missing a few files

he even thought she wasn’t the

She was dead meat

in

Jean’s heart was pounding

Ludwig said nothing.

stared at her–unmoving, unreadable, eyes

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