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CONTROLLED DAMAGE

Author: Leeya Tu
last update publish date: 2026-03-11 20:48:47

Declan's POV

I hit the field at six forty-five, which was forty-five minutes before anyone else was expected, and I ran drills alone until the first of my teammates showed up and had the good sense to read the air before they got anywhere near me.

Marcus was the first. He came through the gate with two coffees and stopped walking when he saw me, and I watched him do the calculation in real time.

He was a smart man, Marcus. It was one of the things I valued most about him, that he processed i
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