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Chapter 154
Author: Poen Konnet
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The night settled over Elleville City with a heavy stillness, the kind that pressed down on the skin like a suffocating blanket.

Hidden in the shadows of Elysian Bloom’s gates, the underground men waited in silence, their breaths shallow, their eyes glinting with purpose.

Their leader, Cyrus, motioned to one of them—a wiry figure with darting eyes known as Lyle.

“Go in,” Cyrus whispered. “See if the girl is there. Move quick. Don’t be seen.”

Lyle nodded and melted into the shadows, slipping past the walls with the practiced stealth of a predator.

Inside, the floral company’s lights burned dim, as though the day’s laughter and business had long gone home with its workers.

Lyle’s steps were as silent as whispers as he moved deeper, scanning each corridor, peering into offices, and listening for even the faintest rustle of life. But every room echoed with emptiness.

Finally, after searching the last hallway, he returned to the group outside. “She’s not here,” Lyle reported, his voice
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