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Chapter 49: Chapter 49: The Withdrawal
The city was quieter when Jake got home.
Not silent—Aurelia City never truly reached that point—but the late-night traffic had thinned enough that the hum outside his apartment felt distant instead of constant. Lights still glowed in nearby buildings, though fewer windows were lit now, and the streets below looked calmer in the way cities do when most of their inhabitants finally surrender to sleep.
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