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Something personal.

“It means this just got complicated.”

100

Jase Dalton

Location: Coastal Safehouse

Time: Same

Ishouldn’t care.

That’s the first rule.

That’s the one that keeps you alive.

Which is how I know—

I do.

Mila Veskov isn’t just a name.

She’s a ghost.

The kind that doesn’t leave records.

The kind that is the record.

We crossed paths once.

Six months ago.

Prague.

It was supposed to be nothing.

One night.

A coincidence.

A mistake.

It wasn’t.

“She’s not a civilian,” I say.

“No,” Ronan agrees. “She’s a vault.”

Yeah.

That’s exactly what she is.

And now—

someone has her.

Aaron steps closer, eyes narrowing slightly.