Chapter9

这里为您精简并进行地道的美式英语润色。叙事节奏更加紧凑，同时保留了冰冷、克制的镜头感，最大程度还原了原文的情感张力和结局的爽感。

Three months later.

The heavy iron doors of a state psychiatric facility on the outskirts of the city swung open. I stood at the end of the corridor in a camel cashmere coat, Julian a quiet shadow behind me. Muffled groans, whisper...