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CHAPTER 66: The Alliance of Enemies

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last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-12-28 07:57:49

Morning came too quickly. I hadn't slept. Just lay there replaying Brock's text over and over. "I know this is a setup. But I'm coming anyway."

Agent Park arrived at dawn with coffee and a tactical briefing. She spread maps across the kitchen table. Showed me the rest stop. The positioning of her teams. The escape routes they'd block. The ways this could go right.

She didn't mention the ways it could go wrong. We both already knew.

"Brock will come armed," Agent Park said. "He's desperate. Cornered. That makes him unpredictable. Maybe more dangerous than Jessica because he's emotional instead of calculated."

"But Jessica is the real threat," I said. "Brock is just her tool. Her weapon. She's the one planning this. The one pulling strings."

"About that." Agent Park pulled up her tablet. Showed me communications intercepts. Cell tower data. Security footage from various locations. "We've been analyzing Brock's movements since his escape. Tracking his path. And Bethany, he's been in cons
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