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THE MAN IN THE TUNNEL
Chapter 67 The tunnel twisted like a throat carved beneath the earth, narrow and damp, the air thick with dust stirred by the collapse above. Naomi’s lungs burned as she sprinted forward, boots slapping the cold concrete. Behind her, Maya and Elena followed close, their breath ragged, their shadows flickering in the dim emergency lights lining the walls like dying fireflies.“Harris,” Maya gasped. “We have to go back for him,”“No,” Naomi said, voice cracking but firm. “He told us to run. You know what that means.”Elena flinched at the truth in those words.If Harris was still alive, he was buying them seconds.If he wasn’t… then he had already given everything he could.The tunnel sloped downward, the angle steeper than Naomi remembered from the old schematic Harris had shown them weeks earlier, back when hiding underground was still a theoretical fear, not a reality closing in on their heels.A deep metallic groan echoed through the tunnel walls.Not structural.Mechanical.Maya s
THE BASEMENT DOOR
Chapter 66 Darkness swallowed the house so quickly it felt intentional, precise, engineered, timed down to the heartbeat. Naomi’s breath hitched as the lights blinked off, leaving only the thin silver glow leaking through the cracks around the boarded windows. Maya grabbed her hand. Elena stumbled back, hitting the wall with a soft thud. Harris didn’t yell. He didn’t panic. He spoke with the cold authority of someone who had rehearsed this moment in nightmares. “Stay close. Move now.” He switched on a small tactical light clipped to his vest. A tight white beam cut through the dark, trembling slightly with his breath but steady enough to guide them. He led them toward the kitchen, toward the cellar door that sat half-hidden behind an old, dust-covered shelf. Another click cracked through the house. This one louder. Deeper. Mechanical. Elena flinched. “What is that? What did they turn on?” Harris didn’t look back. “A lock. Or a trigger. Either way, it means we’re running out
THE HOUSE THAT KNEW THEIR NAME
Chapter 64 Naomi didn’t understand why the quiet felt hostile, but from the moment the three of them stepped into the abandoned safe house, something was wrong. It was too still, like a place waiting for its occupants, not welcoming them.Detective Harris locked the door behind them, then moved through the room with the sharp, scanning focus of a man who expected danger in every shadow. He checked windows, corners, floorboards, every surface his eyes touched carried suspicion.Maya rubbed her arms, trying to shake the goosebumps rising there. “Harris, how long are we supposed to stay here?”“Long enough to figure out who’s hunting you,” he said, voice low. “And long enough for me to confirm if what I’ve been told is real.”Naomi turned to him. “What you’ve been told? By who?”He didn’t answer.Instead, he held up a small envelope. Thin, brown, sealed.None of them had noticed it on the kitchen counter before.Elena frowned. “Where did that come from? That wasn’t there when we walked
THE SECOND CALL
Chapter 64 Naomi didn’t realize she was holding her breath until Detective Harris finished speaking. The living room felt suddenly too small, the air too thin, as if the walls themselves were leaning in to listen.Maya was the first to find her voice. “What do you mean someone called asking about us? Who?”Harris didn’t sit. He stayed standing, tense, watchful, every muscle tight like he expected the situation to turn at any moment.“I don’t have a name,” he said. “The inquiry came through an encrypted line routed through three different servers. Whoever made that call knew how to hide. But they asked directly for you three. By full name. And they referenced the night of the incident.”A shiver rolled through Elena. “How would anyone outside the department know the details? That case wasn’t public.”“That’s the problem,” Harris said. “Someone on the inside is leaking information. Or someone on the outside has access they shouldn’t.”Naomi paced, fingers pressed against her temples. “
THE VISITOR AT THE DOOR
Chapter 63 Naomi’s fingers tightened around the edge of the door as the figure stepped fully into view. The early morning sun cast a long shadow behind him, turning his presence into something larger, heavier. Maya and Elena stood slowly, uncertainty knotting in their chests.“Detective Harris?” Naomi breathed, disbelief slicing through her voice.He nodded once. Serious. Focused. His dark coat looked too heavy for the warm morning, and the badge clipped at his belt glinted sharply in the sunlight. He scanned each of their faces, first Naomi, then Elena, then Maya, studying them the way only someone trained to read people would.“Sorry to show up unannounced,” he said, “but we need to talk. All three of you.”Maya swallowed hard. “About what?”Harris stepped inside without waiting for permission, though his presence didn’t feel forceful, just urgent. He closed the door behind him and let out a breath as though he’d been holding it for miles.“It’s about the incident,” he said. “The o
THE UNEASY DAWN
Chapter 62 Morning crept in slowly, a weak ribbon of pale gold pushing through the blinds as though unsure it had the right to enter. The house was quiet, too quiet,and that silence pressed against the walls like a warning. Maya woke first, her eyes open before her mind fully caught up, her chest rising in a shaky breath she didn’t realize she had been holding. For the first time in days, no one was shouting, crying, or pacing the hallway. Peace should have felt comforting, but instead it felt unnatural, like calm before something sharper.She slipped out of bed, feet touching the cool floor. Every muscle in her body remembered the fights, the revelations, the night of half-truths turned into weapons. She still felt the echoes of it in her bones.Down the hall, Elena was sitting on the edge of the couch, hands clasped, staring at the front door as if she expected it to open on its own. Her hair was pulled back messily, her eyes carrying the exhaustion of someone who had fought battle
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