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2025-03-28 20:00:20POV: Mira
The factory loomed like a beast from a nightmare, its jagged roofline slicing against the night sky. Shadows moved behind shattered windows, their flickering forms illuminated by the dim, uneven glow of firelight. My breath hitched as I crouched behind a crumbling wall, the cold biting through my gloves. Every nerve screamed at me to turn back, to run—but I couldn’t.
Jace was in there.
Beside me, Selene adjusted the strap of her knife holster, her movements deliberate and steady. She didn’t look at me, but her presence grounded me in the chaos of my own thoughts. “Last chance to back out,” she murmured, her voice low but sharp. “Once we go in, we don’t get a redo.”
I shook my head, clutching the hilt of the dagger strapped to my hip. “I’m not leaving without answers.”
Selene gave a faint smirk, her lips twisting as if in pity. “You’d better hope yo
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