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CHAPTER 49: The Viper's Grin
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A heavy silence dropped down over the underground bunker, thick enough to choke out the weak buzzing of the green desk lamp.

Rossman-Morgan leaned back into the worn leather cushions of his chair, his chest rising and falling in slow, heavy breaths of relief as he waited for Viktor to hand over the safe passage codes.

He wiped a smear of cold sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, a smug, triumphant smile slowly stretching across his pale

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