Page 116 of Rangers Mountain Rescue

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Names.

Routes.

Payments.

And one line—

Circled.

TRANSFER COMPLETE — TEXAS HOLD FAILED

My blood runs cold.

They weren’t just testing.

They were already here.

Already moving.

Already planning.

I grab the comm.

“Trigger.”

“Go.”

“They’ve got active operations in Texas,” I say.

“Not just watching.”

A pause.

Then—

“I figured.”

Of course he did.

I look down at the ledger again.

At the damage already done.

At what’s coming next.

And for the first time…

This feels bigger than one mission.

Bigger than one town.

But right now?

There’s only one thing that matters.

“Lock it down,” I say.

“Nothing gets through.”

Because I’m not there.

And that’s not something I’m handling well.

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