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Vanessa or the whis

part of Titan Media she had glimpsed from. The corridor itself felt different, quiete

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s To

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right-here" She gestured to the familiar

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office entrance. I

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pulse hammered in her thro

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desk, offering a sweeping view of the city skyline bathed in afternoon sun. The air carried the faint, i

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ed, sharp as glass yet smoldering with something she couldn't name. A slow curve t

said, his voice smooth, low, threa

red. "But... I w

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tunned. "Here?

with deliberate precision and laced his fin

th unspoken tension. Liana's mind raced, but her body w

her voice. "I...

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the chair opp

uch to discuss. Which I guar