NEVA POV
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I read the post three times.
It was precise. That was the first thing I noticed — not emotional, not vindictive in the way you'd expect from someone who'd lost something and was trying to make you lose something too. It was structured, organized, the specific architecture of someone who had decided exactly what effect they wanted and had chosen the words that would produce it most efficiently.
Ryke read it once, the way he read everything, and set the phone on the table.
"I need to talk to her," I said.
"Neva—"
"I need to talk to her before we do anything else," I said. "Before Mitch files a response, before Silo starts planning something, before any of it. I need to talk to her."
He looked at me. Held my gaze for a moment. Then:
"I'll find out where she is."
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