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CHAPTER 260

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Althea stood beside one black SUV with her arms crossed tightly over her chest. The wind whipped strands of hair loose from her ponytail, but she ignored it. Her focus remained fixed on the other black SUV parked several meters away.

The rear compartment stood open.

It contained weapons, equipment, flashlights and bolt cutters.

It also included some ground-penetrating scanners.

The back contained everything necessary for what she intended to do. Things that she needed to break into the Valtieri
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