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CHAPTER 67 PART 2
"What's actually bothering you about all this?" Aria asked, picking up on the shift immediately. "You've been investigating this museum quietly since we got here. I noticed you reading things twice as long as I was, and honestly, you actually seemed interested for once."Jason hesitated, clearly debating how much to share, before deciding she'd earned enough trust by now to hear at least part of it."Three years ago, in the other world, I was part of something that killed the Demon King," Jason said quietly, keeping his voice low. "It should have set their entire hierarchy back for generations. Demons don't produce a new King easily. It takes time, resources, conditions that shouldn't exist again so soon after losing one.""But something's happening anyway," Aria said slowly, putting the pieces together in real time. "The stones. Javelin Guild. Whatever's driving all of this.""Exactly," Jason said. "Which means either the timeline is wrong somehow, or something else entirely is drivi
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The cliffside lookout would have to wait. By the time filming wrapped for the day, dark clouds had rolled in off the ocean, turning what should have been a perfect sunset into a gray, drizzling afternoon that made outdoor sightseeing impossible.Aria stood near the hotel entrance, arms crossed, glaring at the sky like it had personally wronged her."Of course," she muttered. "Of course the one time I actually want to do something, the weather ruins it."Jason stepped up beside her, glancing at the rain with mild disappointment of his own. "There's always tomorrow.""Tomorrow we film the beach scenes," Aria said. "Which means tomorrow evening I'll be too exhausted to care about a sunset."She hadn't meant for the words to come out quite so sharp, but something had been sitting uncomfortably in her chest since earlier that afternoon, when she'd watched Sophie and Jason huddled together near the catering table, laughing over something on Sophie's phone, easy and familiar in a way that ma
CHAPTER 66 PART 2
The flight to Hawaii landed under a bright, cloudless sky, the kind of postcard weather that made it easy to forget the island had a darker reputation among hunters and government officials alike.Charlie Jackson stood at the front of the arrivals terminal, clipboard in hand, already directing crew members toward the waiting vans with the brisk efficiency of someone determined to stay ahead of schedule no matter what obstacles came up."Let's move quickly, everyone," Charlie called out, raising her voice over the noise of luggage carts and shuffling crew. "We've got a tight window before the afternoon heat makes outdoor filming unbearable, and I don't want to lose daylight standing around at the airport."Aria trailed near the back of the group, sunglasses pushed up into her hair, taking in the unfamiliar humidity with mild discomfort. "Why does everyone seem so tense? It's just an island.""It's not just an island," Jason said, walking beside her, scanning the terminal with the same
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Three days after their meeting at the diner, Jason called Kevin back with news of his own, this time inviting the journalist to Unique's office instead of another public spot.Kevin arrived looking slightly wary, glancing around the modest office space with open curiosity. "This is new. Usually you're the one meeting me on my turf.""Figured you'd earned a change of scenery," Jason said, gesturing for him to sit."You said you had something for me," Kevin said, settling into the chair across from Jason's desk. "Considering the last thing I handed you was a corporate ownership chart connecting a guild president to a struggling talent agency, I'm curious what tops that.""Exclusive interviews," Jason said. "With Aria and with Sophie. Full access, no restrictions on questions, timed however works best for your publication."Kevin sat up straighter, his earlier wariness melting into something closer to disbelief. "You're serious.""Completely," Jason said. "You've done good work for me th
CHAPTER 65 PART 2
Later that evening, back at Unique's private training facility, Jason found Vivie sitting on the edge of a bench, swinging her legs idly, still looking entirely unbothered by the show she'd put on earlier that afternoon."You know that promise I made in there," Jason said, sitting down beside her, the quiet of the empty training hall settling comfortably around them. "Meaningful rank advancement in two months. That was a little generous.""A little," Vivie agreed, smirking, kicking one leg out lazily. "More like wildly exaggerated showmanship dressed up as a business plan and sold to a room full of desperate people.""It's not entirely exaggerated," Jason said. "I actually believe most of them can climb faster than they think, if they're willing to push themselves the way Sophie did. I just might have rounded the timeline up a bit for dramatic effect.""Rounded up," Vivie repeated, unimpressed, raising an eyebrow at him. "You lied to twenty desperate hunters to boost recruitment numbe
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Jason stood at the front of the crowded waiting room, letting his eyes pass slowly over each applicant seated before him. The murmuring in the room died down under the weight of his silence, chairs creaking as people shifted, waiting for him to speak first. Twenty hunters filled the space, every single one of them ranked C or lower, all watching him with a mixture of hope and skepticism they were trying very hard to hide behind folded arms and carefully neutral expressions."I'll keep the introduction short," Jason said, his voice calm and unhurried, carrying easily through the room without needing to be raised. "You're all here because you applied to an agency that most people in this industry didn't think would survive the year. A few months ago, Unique was a name people whispered with pity. Now that same agency has two S-rank hunters under contract and a reputation growing faster than anyone in this city expected. You're probably wondering what changed."A few heads nodded around t
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