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roup called The
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face. A godless machi
the whole city
NEX
s laptop. The files were still decrypting, but the names alone were enough to rattle him. Judges, docto
streetlamps outside. She hadn't spoken much since the
" he asked softly. "About the cu
aid. "Not until I wa
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inged-decrypt
nned documents, video clips, and transaction logs. Each
ce covered-kneeling before a statue carved in obsidian. Th
voice. F
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e video. "That
young. Before he understood. No
xpose him.
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ly, a loud knock echoe
yra vanished in
ched the d
. It's
, but only halfway. "
andaged, but not armed. His
lk," Lang said
ped aside
ooked around. "She
didn't
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do yo
s more than he says. I t
n st
d: 'If Zion digs too deep, make sure he doesn't com
the weigh
rossed. "Then we have le
t her appearance
he truth. But I'm tired of protecting a city that
t Lyra. "We'll
nod
e the next st
an eyebrow.
. Where the rituals happen. Where
silence
e Old Cathedral. A vault sealed decades ago.
ine. The night no longer looked peaceful. It
nd," he said. "To the