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The Rescue
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2026-05-08 14:00:00Ivan's Pov
We had David back in the building within four hours and those four hours were the most direct and violent four hours I had experienced in months.
The planning took forty minutes. Rem had a location from a south side contact within twenty and Nikolai built the approach in the remaining time and I read it twice and then we moved. Moving fast was the entire strategy. The Morettis were expecting a negotiation. They had built a who
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Ivan's PovI heard Nikolai's voice change from the corridor, I was through the door before the alarm on the room triggered.Castro was inside in stolen surgical scrubs, Nikolai was between him and Ace. The weapon at Castro's side was visible, his hand was too close to it for comfort."Close the doo
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