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Chapter 217The man in the gray suit was gone before I could convince myself to follow him. He ordered nothing, didn’t speak to anyone, and left just as silently as he came. Only the sound of the café bell gave away his brief presence. Still, his eyes lingered in my head like smoke in a locked room.“Who was that?” Zee asked, noticing how my attention shifted toward the door.“I don’t know,” I muttered. “But he knew me.”Zee’s brows furrowed. “Maybe you’re just being paranoid again. You’ve been through enough to think every stranger wants your head.”I didn’t answer because the truth was, my gut rarely lied. My instincts had saved me more times than I could count, and right now they were screaming.I drained the rest of my coffee and stood. “Let’s go.”“Already?” Zee’s lips curled into a small pout, but she rose with me.The sunlight outside was sharp, cutting across the streets of the city in golden lines. Vendors shouted their wares. Kids ran past with sticky candy fingers. Normalcy
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Chapter 216 Nothing. The sound, the eerie laughter, was all for nothing. Silas has relocated with his sister. I can't ask him to stay. He came only because he needed to save her, and he did. My days have been tough. I just got a job with one of the biggest companies in the city. Zee was now on her own, doing beautifully fine, and of course, Park had started therapy. He was now seeing a doctor concerning his illness. I had tried healing him. I gave him my blood, but it won't heal him. I remember how we both cried. Park was the only thing I had close to a family now. Marcus and Ren are doing fine overseas. They texted me a few times, and we tried to stay connected. I think it was for the best. And of course, there was no crisis. There was no one trying to kill me or have Zee kidnapped. Mother Alisha had built a new orphanage, which I sometimes go to every now and then to help her manage. My image around the city was growing intensively, and many of the citizens wanted me to r
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Chapter 215 My eyelid flickered before it finally snapped open. I looked around and I could see all of them. For a moment, I thought I was dead. My face went pale, and I gulped down the thick saliva at the back of my throat. Zee looked at me and she ran closer, “ You scared us. Are you alright?” She said slowly, grabbing my arm. Her touch felt warm. “ Are we..” “ Dead?” Park said, getting up from the chair he sat on. “ Of course not, we are not dead. You should thank Silas here, who came in the nick of time.” Elira got closer and smiled. “ You are stronger than you look. We might save this planet after all. But we need to do it as a team.” “ What about Damien? Did you...” “ He is dead! No one tries to harm my sister and get to tell the story.” Silas said with anger. “ And the Warden?” I asked again. “ Dead. Do you honestly think I was going to leave that fucking place without making sure he is dead?” Park said with a grin. I looked at his face and I could see a number of br
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Chapter 214 I looked up the tunnel and saw it was Silas’s sister. “ You can't save her, Adrian. Save yourself.” Damien said, staring at me. “ And who are you to tell me why and what not to do?” I snapped at him. “ I'm coming!” I shouted from where I was. “ We need to get the hell out of here. Don't tell me that you cannot make this small sacrifice. You let her die, and we get to save ourselves.” Damien said again. “ You say that word one more time, and I am going to throw you off this cliff!” Damien looked at me and laughed. “ I alone know the way out of here. You are going to need to trust me when I tell you what we need to do. And right now, I am telling you that you need to let go.” Without saying another word to him, I jumped and flew downward. It's been a long time since I flew. I was a little rusty now, but I managed to find my balance and flew upward to get Silas' sister. She hugged me tightly with her breath clashing against my skin. “ It is alright. We are going to ge
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Chapter 213I still can't believe that I was seeing Damien after so many years. It feels too real, and I didn't believe him. A part of me tells me Damien was in on this with the Warden. Whatever they were planning was not going to be good, and it didn't involve him trying to save me. I wanted to bolt, but first, I needed to find Silas's sister. I remember I had told her to run, but I need to be there when she gets out. Damien’s eyes locked on mine like he was trying to read my every thought, or should I say my moves. My body was dirty, and I was covered in green substances that looked like fluid.“ You look rough,” he said after taking his gaze off me. “ Well, I have the Warden to thank for that,” I replied, wiping the remnant off my face. “ You came alone?” Damein asked again.“ Why? You think I cannot make it out of here alive on my own?” I asked back, gripping the dagger I was holding firm. I can't tell him I came with Park and Silas. The thought of Park dying once again mak
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Chapter 212The first hound lunged at me. I dropped to my knee, driving my shoulder into its gut and shoving upward. The thing screeched as it flipped over me, chain clattering across the stone. The second came in from my right. I ducked under its swipe and yanked its chain so hard my palms burned. It stumbled forward, teeth snapping just shy of my face.Another set of claws raked across my back, tearing cloth and skin. I hissed but stayed on my feet. My ribs screamed with every twist, but pain was better than dying.“Come on, then!” I snarled, voice ragged. “Let’s see what you’ve got.”The nearest one cocked its head, that glassy-eyed smile still plastered across its face. Then they all came at once.Chains rattled, claws scraped, breath stank of rot. I didn’t have a weapon, but I had desperation—and desperation makes you mean. I caught the smallest one’s chain, looped it around my forearm, and spun with all the strength I had left. Its body slammed into another, both of them coll
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