Chapter 207

The quiet didn’t last.

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It never did anymore.

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But this time, it wasn’t broken by noise or movement.

It shifted from within.

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The kind of silence that makes you think.

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The kind that forces questions no one had been ready to ask before.

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Alex stood in the center of the space, unmoving.

Not frozen—just… focused.

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The encounter replayed in their mind.

Every word.

Every pause.

Every look.

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“They expected us to say no.”

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