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Chapter 19 – The Wave
Author: Prudent
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The night air in Dansoman was thick with something you could almost touch — not just heat, but anticipation. It rolled down the streets, over the rooftops, and into the lungs of every soul packed into the block. The chatter was low but restless, like waves building before a storm.

It had been months since the MMs had taken a stage. Months since their name was whispered with the same awe it used to command. People thought the fire had died, that the last gun smoke and betrayal had buried them for good. But Dansoman wasn’t ready for the graveyard yet.

Neither was Tero.

He stood behind the makeshift stage, a black hoodie over his head, face half-shadowed. The hum of the generators mixed with the deep thump of bass speakers doing their sound checks. O Don was pacing, eyes darting to the crowd, while Lovelone scrolled on his phone like nothing big was about to happen. Problem sat on a speaker case, rolling his shoulders, and Biggie leaned against a wall, arms folded like a bodyguard who wa
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