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Chapter 79: Through Fire and Fury

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The blaze had long been extinguished, but the smoke still clung to the air like a stubborn ghost. Charred walls groaned under the weight of ruin, and the Evans Initiative’s once-proud headquarters stood as nothing more than a skeletal monument to resistance.

Natalie stood before it, the wind tugging strands of hair across her face, her expression unreadable.

She didn’t speak as fire investigators moved around her. She didn’t flinch when a mangled server unit was dragged out of the rubble. But inside, something seismic was cracking. This place—this home they had built from courage, hope, and sacrifice—had been their lighthouse.

And now, it was ash.

Adrian approached carefully, his boots crunching debris. “We recovered some hard drives. Riley’s backing up whatever data we can salvage.”

She nodded once.

“Elias is okay. Cassandra got him out in time. But... this was personal.”

“It always has been,” Natalie whispered.

He waited a moment, then asked, “What do you want to do?”

She turned slo
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