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This is what we do.

We don’t crash doors.

We dismantle.

A black SUV rolls into the lot.

Salazar steps out like he owns the world.

I don’t rush.

I wait.

He goes inside.

Ghost counts.

“Three minutes.”

For what?

“For him to feel safe.”

I breathe once.

Cold.

Controlled.

“Lyla?” I ask.

“There’s a woman at lower level. Storage room. Probably her. Two with her.”

“Alive?”

“Yes.”

Good.

“On your call,” Havoc says.

I watch the front door.

I imagine Violet standing there.

Alone.

Facing him.

My vision narrows.

“Now,” I say.

The back gate men don’t see Tank until he’s on them.

One goes down silent.

The other doesn’t get the chance to shout.