CHAPTER 45
Author: Ace Wolf
last update2026-05-01 23:49:04

The rain had intensified slightly by the time I finally saw it.

For a brief moment, I doubted my own eyes, because the emerald card lay there so casually against the wet pavement that it seemed impossible that something so important could have gone unnoticed for even a second.

The faint glow from my phone’s flashlight reflected off its surface, cutting through the thin layer of water that had begun to gather around it.

“There you are…” I murmured under my breath.

I bent down without hesitation
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