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The new route ran straight through a fishing channel the satellite maps had flagged as "low traffic, civilian," which on paper sounded simple and in practice meant slow, careful movement around boats that hadn't gone out yet and nets drying on stakes along the shoreline. Alan split the team at the rendezvous point, sending Ghost and Hunter north toward the radar relay while he, Pietro, and Reaper cut west toward the primary objective. Nobody complained about the pace, which was its own kind of message. Pietro especially, moved through the shallows without a single word about how long it was taking, because he understood exactly why it mattered. That told Alan more about how seriously the team had recalibrated than any briefing could have. They moved for nearly two hours before Ghost's voice came through the earpiece, low and clean. "Asset secured." Hunter added nothing after that, which meant the entire approach had gone exactly as planned, and there was nothing more useful to sa
Chapter 82
The first phase went exactly the way it was supposed to.The team moved off the staging base under cover of darkness, hit the fuel depot at oh-two-hundred, and had it neutralized inside forty minutes without firing a single shot. Hunter had the perimeter sensors looped and disabled before the first guard even finished his cigarette break. By the time anyone on the island realized something was wrong, the team was already two kilometers away, moving toward the second target.Then the radio chatter changed.Alan crouched behind a low ridge of volcanic rock, watching a US naval patrol vessel cut a new line across the water, south, then sharply east, well off the route they'd held for the past three days of surveillance."That's not their usual track," Pietro said beside him, lowering his scope."No," Alan's eyes were narrowed. "It isn't.""Coincidence?""Forty minutes off schedule isn't a coincidence." Alan kept his eyes on the vessel until it passed beyond the headland. "Someone on th
Chapter 81
The Caribbean.The heat hit before the door of the transport even finished opening, thick and wet, clinging to Alan's skin the moment he stepped onto the tarmac. Silver Lace had its own humidity, but nothing like this. This was the kind of heat that made a man's shirt stick to his back within thirty seconds and didn't let go for the rest of the day.Pietro came down the ramp behind him, already squinting against the sun. "I forgot how much I hate this part of the world.""You've said that on every Caribbean rotation," Alan said, then paused for seconds as he came to a certain realisation. He frowned, “What the hell are you doing here?" “Oh, yeah, right. The Colonel hauled my ass from Silver Lace just after you left the house," Pietro heaved a sigh. “Apparently, he has placed some people around to keep watch over Hazel.”"Tch. He should have at least told me first," Alan felt betrayed. He wasn't even sure if he'd be able to truly focus on the mission at hand. Hazel's safety was his to
Chapter 80
The briefing came through at six in the evening, twelve hours before departure. Alan read it once at his desk. It had coordinates, theatre designation, team roster, the standard administrative language that gave away almost nothing about what waited on the other end of it.He closed the file without reading it a second time. There wasn't a second reading that would change anything.He found Hazel on the rooftop terrace, her usual calming spot. She was sitting on the wide stone bench near the edge, the city spread out below in its evening lights, and she didn't turn when he came up beside her.He sat down without saying anything.They stayed like that for a while, the wind catching the edges of her hair, neither of them rushing to fill the silence. Alan had learned, somewhere in the last few months, that some of the best conversations he'd had with her weren't conversations at all."I know I've asked this before, but… Is this one more dangerous than the last?" she asked eventually, s
Chapter 79
Gold Aries.“Yeah, yeah, morning,” Alan muttered tiredly as he walked down the hallway, having to answer every staff that greeted him on the way.He had told them repeatedly not to bother; he didn't mind. But since Old Tim was constantly bowing to him at every turn, the staff couldn't just stand and do nothing.Timothy had laid out three folders on the conference table by the time Alan walked into the boardroom, each one labeled in his careful handwriting rather than printed, which meant he'd assembled them personally rather than delegating it."ShopVille integration," Timothy began after bowing tersely, tapping the first folder. "Supplier monopoly contracts. The Clairmont-adjacent logistics bid your brother is still pushing." He looked up. "I assumed you'd want to walk through every operation that's vulnerable while you're gone.""I do," Alan nodded, pulling out a chair. "Start with ShopVille."Timothy opened the folder and turned it so they could both see it. "The integration is eig
Chapter 78
Fabien's call came through at nine in the morning, while Alan was standing in a Gold Aries Construction site walkthrough with three division heads who had been arguing about rebar specifications for the better part of twenty minutes.He stepped away from the group to take it."Warlord.” The Colonel's voice was firm as always."Colonel.""It's confirmed," Fabien didn't waste time going straight to the point. "Two weeks out. Your team is locked for the Caribbean operation."Alan watched a crane lift a steel beam across the site, the cable groaning under the weight. "Full team?""Full team. Briefing materials come through next week, but you should start preparing now. This isn't a short rotation.""Understood.""How's married life treating you, Captain?""Eventfully," Alan could only sigh.Fabien made a sound that might have been a laugh. "I imagine it would be. Two weeks, Walker. Get your affairs in order."The call ended. Alan stood for a moment with the phone still in his hand, the co
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