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CHAPTER 24: The Incineration Protocol

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Gift’s POV

The mess hall was quiet after we carried the frozen equipment inside and bolted the front door.

Everyone gathered around the long table, staring down at the military tablet Kaelen had plugged into our central terminal. The bright blue screen cast harsh light across tired faces. The numbers on the timer kept counting down second by second, ticking away the time we had left before Director Thorne wiped the entire industrial sector off the map.

"A satellite thermal strike," Helen said,
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