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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Author: Staecy
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-06 16:12:17

HENRY

I stood outside the superintendent's office, my heart sinking with a sense of foreboding. My team stood beside me, their faces somber as this is the second time a subject under our care had escaped and I felt utterly useless because I was not around to stop the infiltration.

"Ah, Henry," the superintendent's voice called out, his tone stern. "Come in."

We filed into the office, taking our seats in front of the superintendent's desk. He looked at us over the rim of his reading glasses, his expression unyielding.

"I'm sure you're all aware of the recent... incidents, it is so recent it happened yesterday" he began, his voice dripping with disdain and irritation. "The escape of Maxine Wilson, the infiltration by Vortex... it's a disaster. We failed New Eden and to think we had things under control?"

I felt a surge of defensiveness, but I bit it back. We had failed, and we knew it.

"What happened, Henry?" the superintendent demanded, his eyes boring into mine. "How did this happen
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