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The line.
The moment everything breaks.
“No,” I say calmly. “We don’t.”
His smile fades.
“Yes,” he says quietly. “You do.”
Daniel moves slightly beside me.
I feel it.
That tension again.
That question.
But then—
He steps forward.
Puts himself between us and them.
“You’re not taking it,” Daniel says.
Jase glances at him.
Surprised.
Just a little.
The man studies Daniel.
Then sighs.
“Disappointing.”
He lifts a hand.
And everything explodes.
Gunfire.
Chaos.
Movement.
I drop low, firing instantly.
Jase is right beside me.
Always.
Delta Five spreads out behind us, returning fire with brutal precision.
But these men—
They’re not normal.
