Ronan didn't sleep. By dawn, the Ashcroft mansion was already under a brutal, suffocating lockdown. Security personnel had doubled at every perimeter gate, internal access to the main wings was entirely restricted, and not a single soul moved through the corridors without direct biometric clearance. Someone had leaked the black-ops operation. Someone had compromised his elite team, and Ronan was going to tear the house apart to find out who.Mireya stood in the center of the dimly lit war room, her arms folded tightly across her chest as her eyes scanned the massive wall screens. The displays flashed with tactical maps, intercepted satellite signals, and the jagged red lines of the failed extraction routes."She wasn't there?" Mireya asked quietly, breaking the heavy silence.Ronan didn't look at her. His focus remained locked on the data feed, his face an impenetrable mask of cold fury. "No," he said, his voice flat. "They moved her before my units even breached the outer perimeter."
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