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This is something else entirely.

Something buried deeper.

Something even they didn’t expect.

I tighten my grip on the patch.

Then look back at Aspen.

She’s watching me.

Waiting.

Trusting.

And I realize—

This just got worse.

A lot worse.

Because whoever came after us?

They’re not just trying to protect a secret.

They are the secret.

And now?

Now we’re standing right in the middle of it.

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