Page 344 of Rangers Mountain Rescue

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Every man here knows what this is.

Knows what it costs.

Knows what we’re walking into.

No one hesitates.

No one backs down.

That’s why they’re here.

I check my weapon.

Lock it in.

Then—

“This ends tonight,” I say.

Not loud.

Not dramatic.

Just truth.

Briggs nods.

“Damn right it does.”

I take one last look at the compound.

At the men moving inside it.

At the system they built.

The one that took people.

Moved them.

Broke them.

The one Tank died trying to expose.

The one that came for Aspen’s family.

My jaw tightens.

Because this isn’t just a mission.

This is personal.

All of it.

I glance at the horizon for a split second.

Thinking of her.

Of the promise I made.

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