everything f

Even the wind had gone quiet, like the

. Her ankle still throbbed, but she refused to slow down. They were

e old bunker wall," Daniel said, holding up

they had to be careful. Someone had set that trap

s clung to the surface like skin. Finally, Da

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pul

nker wall slid aside, revealing a s

the air smelled like old metal and damp stone. Ada's

s a room. Not ju

cked in corners. Faded photographs lined a cracked bulletin

tion... was the glass box

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ut, pressed a button on the box-

the notebook

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s far, Ada, you are b

. I joined because I believed in truth. But what I found here was corruption, lies, a

troy the evidence.

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protect her... an

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s inside t

," Ada whispered.

e room just as heavy boot

saw two men-one of them the same

he open glass box

aid, "She

ursed. "Should

. Let her think she's won. We'll follow her. T

hind the lab. The path led them to the far side of the

book in her lap, the sky blee

ng made

oned her. He had been f

her turn to figh

el, voice steady f

ishing everything. I'll tel

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the ocean, her h

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