Page 63 of Rangers Mountain Rescue

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Havoc

By mid-morning, the plan is already in motion.

Ace and Blaze secure the perimeter.

Wolf runs intel.

Saint starts building a case from Tank’s files.

But one thing is clear.

We’re not waiting for this to come to us again.

We’re taking control.

I step out onto the porch.

The Texas air is warm already.

The kind of heat that settles into your bones.

Aspen is standing near the fence.

Watching Dylan throw a ball for Buddy.

For a moment…

It looks normal.

Peaceful.

But I know better.

I walk up beside her.

“We’re going to need to move you.”

She stiffens.

My chest tightens.

Move?

Again?

Dylan just started settling here.

Just started smiling again.

Sleeping through the night.

Feeling safe.

And now—

“We’re not leaving,” I say.

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