CHAPTER 40 PART 1
Author: Universeleap
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Harry crouched behind a stack of rusted metal drums, his chest heaving from exhaustion. Blood trickled from a cut above his left eye, and his knuckles were raw from punching through a chain-link fence to get inside the warehouse district.

After six hours of following leads, bribing informants, and chasing shadows, he had finally found the right building.

Through a broken window, he could hear voices echoing from inside the cavernous space.

"Boss ain't paying us to babysit a crying princess," one of the thugs was saying, his voice rough and impatient.

"She ain't crying, though," his partner replied with cruel amusement. "Still got that smart mouth running."

Harry peered through the window and saw Alice tied to a chair in the center of the warehouse, her face bruised but her posture defiant. The two men from earlier were circling her like predators.

"You know what your problem is, sweetheart?" the taller thug said, backhanding her across the face. "You don't know when to shut up and lis
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