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Penulis: C.s miracle
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The war room was dim, lit only by the cold glow of multiple screens.

Bain sat at the head of the long table, Vulture pacing nearby with the baby sleeping against his chest. Luca and Ryder hovered close, silent, tense.

The encrypted video feed flickered once before stabilizing.

On the first screen, Petrov appeared — grim, sharp-eyed, the scars on his knuckles visible even from here.

Beside him, Sokolov, ice-cold and composed, like a man already counting bodies.

And on another window, Viktor leaned forward, his expression as serious as Bain had ever seen it.

The room was dead silent until Petrov spoke.

“It’s worse than we thought,” Petrov said in his heavy accent.

“Valeria’s network is not just drugs. It’s not just oil. It’s not just guns. It’s not just children. Teenage girls, pregnancies forced in captivity, babies sold to black markets. Slave trades. Sexual abuses across continents.”

No one breathed.

Vulture’s hands tightened around the baby unconsciously, his jaw flexing with pure,
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