Chapter 9 Too Close
POV: Wren
Maggie's is half empty when I walk in, the after-shift crowd already thinned out to a handful of regulars hunched over coffee, and I pick a booth in the back corner because I want quiet, not company, not conversation, just a plate of fries and twenty minutes where nobody asks me anything....
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Smoke and Silence
2. Chapter 2 The Captain's Secret File
3. Chapter 3 Across the City
4. Chapter 4 Two Strangers, One Ghost
5. Chapter 5 The First Fire Together
6. Chapter 6 Questions With No Answers
7. Chapter 7 Lines Drawn
8. Chapter 8 Saving the Girl
9. Chapter 9 Too Close
10. Chapter 10 The First Crack
11. Chapter 11 Training Days
12. Chapter 12 Old Wounds, New Sparks
13. Chapter 13 The Investigation Begins
14. Chapter 14 Marcus's Move
15. Chapter 15 A Dangerous Call
16. Chapter 16 The Song She Forgot
17. Chapter 17 Getting Closer
18. Chapter 18 Dani Knows More
19. Chapter 19 Suspicion Grows
20. Chapter 20 The Kiss
21. Chapter 21 Running Scared
22. Chapter 22 Forced Together
23. Chapter 23 The Flood Rescue
24. Chapter 24 Saved
25. Chapter 25 Marcus's Threat
26. Chapter 26 The Lie Continues
27. Chapter 27 A Night Off
28. Chapter 28 Anonymous Warning
29. Chapter 29 Almost the Truth
30. Chapter 30 No Time to Talk
31. Chapter 31 The Near Miss
32. Chapter 32 The Contractor
33. Chapter 33 Connecting Dots
34. Chapter 34 Falling For Him
35. Chapter 35 The Talk That Wasn't
36. Chapter 36 The Chief's Warning
37. Chapter 37 Counting Days
38. Chapter 38 Misunderstanding
39. Chapter 39 Marcus Strikes Early
40. Chapter 40 Digging Alone
41. Chapter 41 A Friend's Help
42. Chapter 42 Closer to the Truth
43. Chapter 43 The Day Before
44. Chapter 44 Too Late
45. Chapter 45 Public Pressure
46. Chapter 46 Wren Sees the File
47. Chapter 47 Confrontation
48. Chapter 48 The Fallout
49. Chapter 49 Apart
50. Chapter 50 Forced Back
51. Chapter 51 Working Wounded
52. Chapter 52 Old Habits
53. Chapter 53 Marcus Pushes Further
54. Chapter 54 The Hearing Looms
55. Chapter 55 Wren's Choice
56. Chapter 56 The Conversation
57. Chapter 57 The Hearing Begins
58. Chapter 58 The Contractor's Name
59. Chapter 59 Race Against Time
60. Chapter 60 The List
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