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Chapter 60
The Mustang roared softly beneath them as they cruised through Harmonfield, sunlight bouncing off mirrored buildings, the city pulsing with late-afternoon energy. Sarah’s fingers still rested lightly in Jack’s. Neither of them spoke for a long while. They didn’t need to.Eventually, Jack broke the silence.“I need a new car.”Sarah blinked. “The Mustang’s still fine.”Jack nodded. “It is. But I’m not.”She turned toward him. “What do you mean?”Jack’s jaw flexed. “I’ve been walking around Harmonfield trying to live like the guy I used to be. And maybe I needed that. But after today?” He looked ahead, eyes narrowing. “I think it’s time the city remembered who I became.”Sarah smiled faintly. “Then let’s get you something worthy of that reminder.”An hour later, they pulled into Harmonfield’s Ferrari dealership—Gran Lux Motors, the most exclusive exotic car showroom in Draconia. The showroom’s glass walls glimmered like diamonds. Inside sat machines that looked like moving sculpture: sl
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The wine shimmered in their glasses, untouched.Jack leaned back in the velvet chair, staring at the reflection of the restaurant door in the crystal water glass.“She looked… lost,” Sarah said softly.Jack didn’t reply right away. “Maybe she was.”“Do you still—”He shook his head. “Let’s not go there tonight.”Sarah nodded. “Then let’s do something else. Tomorrow. Just us. Let’s blow stupid money on things we don’t need.”Jack cracked a smile. “You want to go shopping?”“No. I want to take my handsome billionaire boyfriend shopping. There’s a difference.”The next afternoon, Harmonfield’s sun gleamed off high-rise glass. The city's premier fashion district, Crescent Galleria, buzzed with stylists, influencers, and designer fanatics.Sarah and Jack walked into Versace Elite, a towering boutique with gold-framed walls, imported marble, and perfume in the air more expensive than rent.Sarah wore heels and a champagne-colored trench coat that screamed confidence. Jack wore—well, Jack.B
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The rooftop wind carried no words. Just silence.Jack Parker stood at its edge, hands in his coat pockets. Emily lingered beside him like a memory, like fog that wouldn’t lift.When she asked if he still loved her, Jack said nothing.Did silence count as an answer?Emily’s breath misted in the moonlight. She didn’t push further. She simply whispered, “Goodnight, Jack,” and walked away, vanishing into the dark.Jack didn’t stop her.Two nights later, Sarah Thompson smoothed her silver dress in the mirror and turned to Jack, who leaned by the door in black jeans and a button-down shirt. No tie. No suit. Just his usual sharp-edged nonchalance.“Are you seriously going like that?” she asked.Jack smirked. “Why? I clean up nice.”“You clean up dangerously. You’ll get us kicked out.”“Let them try.”They pulled up to Le Château Noir in Jack’s obsidian Mustang—repainted recently with dragon-scale matte accents, a nod to Harmonfield’s reborn legacy. The valet took the keys reverently, half-bo
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The night was unusually still, as if the stars themselves were holding their breath. Jack Parker stood atop the courthouse rooftop, the breeze brushing through his jacket. Below, Harmonfield slept. Quiet. Rebuilding. Healing. But his thoughts weren’t at rest. He closed his eyes. And in that stillness—a dream swept over him like a tide. The spirit world opened like a veil being drawn. Old Joe stood in the center of it, arms crossed, dragon light swirling behind him. “She’s coming back, Jack,” he said gently, voice echoing like wind through stone. Jack’s breath caught. “Emily?” Old Joe nodded once. “The vault didn’t take her life. She tricked it. Sacrificed her presence, not her soul. She sealed herself away, waiting for the right moment. And now, she’s ready.” Jack took a step forward. “She betrayed us. Left me. Hurt Sarah.” “I know,” Old Joe said, eyes gleaming with something more than wisdom—hope. “But she gets one more chance. That’s the rule. If she walks the sam
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Jack’s knuckles tightened around the dragon coin, the image of Sarah’s scream still ringing in his head like a siren. The vision had shaken him—but it had also made things clear.She was alive.Somewhere on the border between Reidsville and Redmond, buried beneath a cabin.A trap? Maybe. But it didn’t matter.Jack stood up slowly, the dragon dagger in hand. His tattoo pulsed again—golden, alive. The dragon spirit shimmered faintly ahead, taking form once more, its eyes ancient and knowing.No words passed between them. None were needed.Jack nodded once, jaw clenched.And ran.For twelve hours straight, through hills, roots, gravel, and brambles that cut at his legs and arms. He didn’t stop. Didn’t eat. Didn’t think. The dragon dagger lit the way, and the spirit led like a silent sentinel, gliding through the thick woods. His breath came in steady bursts. Muscles burned. Tattoo glowed. Fire ran through his veins.He passed forgotten highways, broken fences, skeletal barns. Civilizatio
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Jack ran until his lungs burned, until the trees around Reidsville swallowed him whole. The dagger guided him like a torch from the past—its golden fire streaking through the gloom, flickering brighter with every step.He didn’t stop to breathe. He didn’t need to.The dragon spirit appeared ahead, forming in the mist with a glimmering shimmer of scales and smoke. It didn’t speak, didn’t turn. It simply floated forward through the overgrowth like it remembered every path long buried by time. Jack followed.Reidsville was dead—but not quiet. The silence here wasn’t peace. It was tension. The kind that coils before it strikes.The spirit led him deeper, past shattered statues and half-sunken ruins until it paused beside a crumbling chapel wrapped in black vines. Its roof was gone. Its altar cracked. Bloodstone shimmered beneath moss.The spirit gestured with its glowing snout.Beneath. That’s where Sarah was supposed to be.Jack stepped forward—then felt it.A presence.Multiple.The dra
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