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“I’m still going to try.”

“I know.”

He finally picked up the toast.

“Bossy.”

“Stubborn.”

“Reckless.”

“Alive.”

His eyes met mine.

“Alive,” he agreed.

Wade took a bite.

I stayed beside him while snow fell outside the window.

After five years of searching, I finally knew where my brother was.

For now, that was enough.

53

ROOK

One week later, Cutter’s warehouse was quiet.

Not empty.

Never quiet enough to qualify as peaceful.

But no alarms echoed across the harbor.

No gunfire erupted near the dock.

Nothing had exploded in almost three days.

A new Shadow Division record.

The evidence recovered from Black Site Theta covered the operations wall.

Photographs.

Financial records.

Mission reports.

Eight names.

Rear Admiral Thomas Grayson.

Director Alan Madow.

Senator Richard Vance.