Chapter List

The Core Job

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I didn't say I cared

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The bond already made that decision

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You pulled me out

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Don't call me that

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Look at me

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One Pulse Left

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Are you insane?

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It means I owe them money now too?

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Run to the Market

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You have neither to spare

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The Man Who Built It

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His eyes went cold. "Careful." "What are you

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she yelled

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The Warning in the Ruins

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They know who I am

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What the Core Took

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What did you see?

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I don't trust you

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No Safe Market

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What did you say?

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You could’ve waited

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The Relay Is Listening

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I'm blaming it for being loud

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The Fake Initiator

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The record says you authorized Rift Two using my identity

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The Memory Lock

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What does it say?

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The Debt Was a Lie

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Your heart's racing

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The Second Gate

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She pulled the trigger. The lower anchor snapped

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Echoes in the Dead City

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You just said I told you to let them die

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Her Name Opens the Gate

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Say her name

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It needs your heartbeat

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Under His Signature

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The platform split open. A narrow stairwell dropped

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The Heart Coordinate

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What did you see?

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I need you to trust me one more time

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The Copy City Hunts Back

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That's my brother

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You didn't answer

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Don't let go!

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Kade's Old Lock

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Evelyn looked at the tunnel, then at Kade’s

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Mira Cuts the Line

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You felt that?

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The Second Door Opens

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Try honest

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The Man Who Chose the Crown

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I can purge it

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Her Brother's Gun

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His eyes stayed on the copy

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The Rift Starts Counting

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It reads you as the owner

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The Reclamation Order

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he whispered

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The Homecoming Trap

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Convenient

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You built the lock, Mercer. You can live with it

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Down the Rift

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If you close it, I lose the core and you survive

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The Deleted City

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It isn't nothing. That's why I'm saying it

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The Memory Cost

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Who were you talking about? Me?

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If you send it

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