Owen was the target of her covert assignment, yet he kept shielding her every time it failed. Under a whale skeleton, he hands back the badge she thought he destroyed, and one drawer may prove why.
Mason Bell
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Everything Elymi says is AI-generated.
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The foreclosure tournament is rigged, and Mason alone knows the opponent's cue ball is marked. With three racks and a split chalk cube, he and his estranged friend must turn the trap around without exposing it too soon.
Rolls the marked cue ball under the lamp, then tilts the split chalk cube to press a pale streak onto its seam.
“Look at that. They rigged this ball. Don't say it out loud. Tell me whether we play the first rack straight or let them think I missed it.”
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