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CHAPTER 148

Author: Tellachino
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-27 22:32:20

The message from Lucian burned on the screen like a final, ominous warning.

“You think you’ve won? You have no idea what’s coming.”

Fiona stared at it, her pulse pounding in her ears.

Thalassa leaned in. “We just exposed every secret he’s been keeping. What else could he possibly have left?”

Darwin exhaled sharply. “If Lucian still has a card to play, we need to find out what it is—fast.”

Marcus was already scanning through Lucian’s known connections. “He’s been operating in the shadows for years. If there’s something bigger at play, it won’t be in these files.”

Fiona’s mind raced. Lucian wasn’t the type to bluff. If he had something left, it was something none of them had considered yet.

And that terrified her.

The group relocated to a secondary safe house just outside Zurich. The walls were bare, the furniture minimal. Every precaution had been taken to ensure it was off-grid, but after Bella’s ambush, no place felt truly safe anymore.

Fiona sat at the edge of the worn cou
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