Chapter 47: Becoming The Silver Death

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Maya's POV Faces paled. People looked at their neighbors with suspicion. "Whoever planted this has one chance," I said. "Come forward now, confess, and I'll make it quick. Make me hunt you down, and what happened to Thomas will look merciful." Silence. "Fine." I started walking through the crowd, studying faces. My enhanced senses picked up every rapid heartbeat, every nervous breath, every bead of sweat. I stopped in front of a woman named Claire. She'd been with us for a month, always helpful, always reliable. "It's you," I said quietly. "No! Maya, I would never.." I grabbed her arm and found what I was looking for, a small tattoo hidden on her inner wrist. A raven in flight. "Raven," I said. "That's your code name, isn't it?" Claire's face crumpled. "Please, they have my daugh

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