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Lyric stood. “Kat. Slow down. What are you saying? What happened?”

“You don’t know?” Kat’s voice faltered.

“No. What don’t I know?”

Silence.

Then:

“Oh no…”

Click.

The call ended.

Lyric stood by the stone wall, her body shaking, her breath catching in her throat.

They were all hiding something.

All afraid.

All controlled.

And she was trapped—alone, erased, buried alive inside this estate.

She opened her contacts again and hovered her thumb over Velora’s name… then changed her mind. She needed to hear Rowan’s voice instead.

Someone had to tell her the truth.

Someone still had to be on her side.

If Rowan wasn’t… she didn’t know what she’d do.

Chapter Sixty-One

Erased

She stared at Rowan’s name on the screen like it might disappear.

Her thumb hovered.

Then pressed.

It rang.

Once.

Twice.

Three times.

Then—

“Lyric?”

Just her name. Soft. Breathless. Unsure.

Lyric couldn’t speak. Her throat clenched.

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