Page 124 of Rangers Mountain Rescue

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“Clear.”

I move inside, scanning everything.

Papers scattered.

Equipment left behind.

They pulled out fast.

Too fast.

“They knew we were coming,” Ace says from the doorway.

“Yeah,” I reply.

“They’re collapsing.”

But something doesn’t sit right.

This isn’t panic.

This is strategy.

I move toward the back wall.

There’s a door.

Half-hidden.

Reinforced.

“Blaze.”

He’s beside me in a second.

“On it.”

The door swings open.

And everything changes.

Inside—

A holding room.

Empty now.

But not long ago.

You can feel it.

See it.

Chains.

Restraints.

Medical equipment.

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