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“You realize,” I say softly, “this makes things complicated.”
His brow lifts slightly.
“They already were.”
I huff a quiet breath. “You’re not wrong.”
A small silence settles between us again.
But it’s lighter now.
Warmer.
Until—
Something shifts.
A sound.
Faint.
But wrong.
My head turns slightly.
“What?” Jase asks instantly.
I hold still.
Listening.
There.
Again.
Outside.
A step.
Too controlled to be random.
“They found us,” I whisper.
Jase doesn’t hesitate.
He’s already moving.
“Positions,” he snaps into comms.
Everyone shifts instantly.
Weapons up.
Breath steady.
The calm—
Gone.
