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When the old keeper forgot one latch, the 400-pound silverback reached through the steel

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mouth and walked three steps down the corridor, pretending to check a latch that had already been checked twice.

Winston did not release Tom when the first five minutes passed, or the next five. He stayed braced against the mesh, not frantic, not loud, only unwilling. Tom did not rush him. Maybe he could not. Maybe some part of him had been waiting continue reading …

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