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Chapter 22 – Rooftop Reckoning
Author: Rukky
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The helicopter’s spotlight cut through the night like a knife, illuminating Adrian, Emily, and the rider in black. Every shadow was exposed, every movement visible. Adrian’s pulse raced.

The rooftop, already a precarious battlefield, had now become a stage under scrutiny, with enemies above and below.

Adrian tightened his grip on the steel blade. Emily’s hands were steady, but he could see the tension in her jaw. The rider didn’t flinch under the light; she moved with an eerie calm, her blade catching reflections as she circled them slowly.

“Impressive,” she murmured. “But you’re outnumbered. And the city… it’s not on your side.”

Adrian scanned the perimeter. The helicopter above, two operatives on the rooftop’s far side, and the city streets below being manipulated as traps. Every possible escape route had been accounted for. He swallowed hard.

“Then we fight smart,” he whispered to Emily.

The rider lunged first. Her blade moved like water, precise and unrelenting. Adrian blocked, ro
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