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    “Stay calm. I’ve reached out to local police—they’repletely backing us.”


    Noah nodded curtly and took the pistol ine offered. The metal burned cold and unforgiving against his palm.


    With practiced precision, he inspected the weapon, then slipped it behind his waistband and marched toward the alley without a moment’s pause.


    ine fell into step directly behind him.


    “We’ve searched the eastern and northern areas—found nothing. The western area remains unexplored. Samuel led a team to the south. We should hear back from him any moment.”


    Noah didn’t break stride. He simply gave a terse nod. “Then we go west.”


    In a crumbling, unremarkable house hidden deep within the vige, Hailey reclined in a groaning wicker chair, her gaze fixed on the surveince monitor glowing before her.


    On the screen, Noah and ine emerged in sequence, their figures moving into the narrow alley. A cruel smile pulled at the corners of her mouth, while her eyes zed with predatory focus.


    Standing at her side, Forest appeared anything but calm.


    The swagger he’d once disyed—born from greed and pride—hadpletely dissolved, leaving only a trembling shell of a man.


    His eyes jumped nervously across the screen, tracking the well-armed operatives. Dread twisted through his chest like a living thing.


    This exceeded anything he had imagined.


    He wrung his hands together, sweat beading on his palms.


    “Hailey, can we really defeat them? They’ve assembled a small army…” Terror had sunk its talons deep into his soul.


    If this scheme copsed, it wouldn’t merely mean defeat—it would spell theirplete destruction. The Burgess legacy would vanish forever.


    Hailey rotated her head with deliberate slowness, her stare cutting through him like a frozen de.


    Her brows drew together in annoyance. Her voice oozed contempt.


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    “What’s this? Returning to your spineless habits so soon?”


    Forest’s face reddened beneath her withering stare. He parted his lips, but silence was all that emerged because, in his heart, fear ruled himpletely.


    Hailey released a dismissive snort and returned her attention to the monitor. When she spoke again, her voice carried a bone-deep chill, edged with obsessive determination.


    “Calm yourself, Father. Everything continues to unfold precisely as intended.”


    With practicedposure, she grasped the radio beside her. “Begin,” shemanded with ice-cold authority.


    The instant that word escaped her lips, the surveince disy transformed. From concealed positions, squads dressed in midnight-ckbat gear materialized, advancing with ghostly precision.


    Within heartbeats, they had surrounded the alley where Noah and ine were, creating a wless snare.


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