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0176: Ultimate Trade In Value

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ANGELA’S POV

Safety felt like a lie.

The Shadow Moon clinic was white and clean, sharp with the smell of antiseptic, but grief still clung to the air. I sat on the edge of a cot, a heavy blanket wrapped around my shoulders. Not a scratch on me, which somehow felt worse.

The door opened and Beta James stepped in, soot and blood streaking his face. None of the blood was his. He didn’t look at me.

“Report,” I said. My voice sounded hollow.

“We secured the perimeter. Crimson forces broke off at the border.” His gaze lifted and struck me like a blow. “The stealth team… Erik and Silas died in the collapse. Three from your mother’s diversion aren’t coming home.”

Five warriors. Five lives gone because I existed.

“And my mother?” The whisper barely left my throat.

“She is being treated now. Sword wound to the abdomen. Heavy blood loss. It’s uncertain.”

The room tilted. I gripped the cot until the metal frame bit into my palm. She had charged into enemy lines for me, and she might die for it.

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