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Chapter 112: Faye POV

Author: Lovelypert
last update publish date: 2026-07-13 04:30:09

We assemble in the meeting room within the hour, not the full compound, only the people whose judgment matters most in the specific kind of warfare we are now waging, the kind that does not move through courtrooms or border crossings but through information, timing, and the particular leverage of knowing your enemy's weaknesses before he fully understands you have found them.

Marcus lays out his thinking with the same methodical clarity he has always brought to operational planning.

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