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Chapter 17: Cold Barter on the Ridge
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2026-10-29 23:10:40
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Astrid extended her right hand, clamping her palm firmly around Declan’s tactically gloved grip.Their hold was iron-clad and unyielding—no hesitation, no tremor of doubt."I never hesitate to pull the trigger on vermin," Astrid said coldly.The corner of Declan’s mouth ticked upward into a faint smirk. The pact between two predators atop Blackwood Hill was officially sealed."Good," Declan replied, releasing her hand. "We have less than six hours before they roll up. Spool up every defense you've got."Down in the ground-floor control hub, Nora worked at a breakneck, marathon pace. The sharp stench of flux, electrical tape, and contact cleaner hung heavy in the workshop air. Nora unlatched the primary power distribution panel wired directly into the naval silent diesel generator. Her hands flew across the housing, rigging a high-voltage step-up transformer module.Heavy, dual-insulated copper conduits were routed through subterranean ventilation shafts, snaking up along the reinforce
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Flames from the exploded engine bay billowed into the night sky.The two surviving masked gunmen scrambled frantically across the asphalt, desperate to put distance between themselves and the burning wreck. Before they could even raise their weapons to retaliate, the crack of a second shot whined across the ravine from the cliffs above.THUMP!A heavy-caliber round struck the pavement dead between one of the attacker's boots, shattering the asphalt into jagged shrapnel.A chilling, surgical warning shot.The two men instantly hurled their assault rifles over the precipice, spun around, and bolted down the dark mountainside in sheer panic.Astrid didn't waste the opening.Cranking the wheel to the left, she slammed on the gas, crushing scattered bumper fragments under her tires. Her armored SUV squeezed through the narrow gap beside the blazing wreckage, surging smoothly up the final stretch toward the summit.Down from the access trail of Lot 02, a whisper-quiet tactical motorcycle de
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Astrid Pierce didn't touch the brakes.The gunman’s threat from the flanking van was met only with a chilling glint in her eyes. Surrendering control of a vehicle on a winding mountain road was tantamount to offering her neck to a butcher's blade.Instead of slowing down, she floored the accelerator.The armored SUV's V8 engine roared with savage fury. The four-wheel-drive system bit into the uphill asphalt, hurling the three-ton beast forward in a fraction of a second.Clamping both hands onto the steering wheel, Astrid cranked it violently to the right with all her might.SLAM!The solid steel-reinforced bumper of her SUV rammed flush into the side sliding door of the flanking van.The massive impact crushed the van’s door frame in an instant. Its side windows exploded into a storm of razor-sharp shards, shredding the face of the gunman who had just issued the threat.The black van's left tires lost purchase. Tilting onto two wheels, the vehicle spun one hundred and eighty degrees a
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Astrid met Nora’s gaze with absolute composure, her expression free of panic or convoluted excuses."It's a rare nutrient extract from one of my grandfather's inland mining expeditions," Astrid said flatly, taking the empty glass bottle from Nora's hand. "The compounds accelerate cellular regeneration exponentially."Nora still stared at her left palm, now completely smooth without a scratch. Taking a deep breath, she clenched her fist tight, testing the fully restored strength in her muscles."I'm not going to ask where the hell you got this," Nora said, her voice steady and laced with deep respect. "Your secret is safe with me, Astrid. Now let's finish offloading these machines before dark."Astrid gave a brief nod. Nora’s loyalty was the best investment she had made.Together, they moved swiftly to haul the two German lathes, the milling machine, and dozens of welding gas cylinders down into the sanctuary's subterranean hangar. With an independent machine shop fully operational, As
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