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CHAPTER 412

Author: CagalieYula
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-27 09:35:25

The drive to the meeting location was tense, the air thick with anticipation. I sat in the passenger seat, my fingers gripping the leather armrest while Leon navigated through the city streets. Dorian was in the back, too casual for my liking, but that was just how he handled pressure. I wished I could be that indifferent. Instead, my mind kept cycling through every possible outcome of this meeting.

Elise had made her choice. That much was clear. But whether it was out of self-preservation or something else entirely, we would soon find out.

"Where did she say we’re meeting?" Leon asked, his voice steady.

"An old train yard on the outskirts of the city," I replied, reading the address she had sent. "Secluded. Not many ways in or out."

Leon didn’t like it. I could tell by the way his jaw clenched. "Sounds like a setup."

Dorian chuckled from the backseat. "Sounds like someone’s being paranoid."

Leon ignored him, eyes still on the road. "I don’t like unknown variables, Margarette. If she’
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