Chapter 2: Whispers in the Shadows
The hospital's fluorescent lights flickered faintly, casting long shadows down the empty corridor as Mira walked briskly away from the waiting room. Her mind was racing—who was that man? The way he moved, the calm in his eyes amid the chaos—it didn't fit the story she had expected to find.
She glanced at her phone. No new messages from her editor yet. But something told her this was no ordinary assignment. The tip about the politician's collapse was just the surface. There was something bigger lurking beneath, and that man—Cyan Merin—was somehow tied to it.
Meanwhile, Cyan moved silently through the hospital halls, his gaze sharp and alert. Every step was calculated, every glance a silent scan for threats. His mission was delicate, and the last thing he needed was a curious journalist poking around. But fate had other plans.
As Mira pieced together scraps of overheard conversations and hidden clues, she found herself drawn deeper into a web of secrets where nothing was as it seemed. And Cyan? He was watching, weighing his next move in a game where trust could cost everything.
In a city cloaked by shadows and headlines, their destinies were now intertwined — whether they were ready or not.
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