The safe house in Prague smelled of old coffee and tension. Chaewon stood at the window, watching rain streak down the glass, her reflection ghostly in the dim light. Behind her, the team assembled—Min-ji, Luna, Hana, Seojun, and Jian. All of them exhausted from the Serpent takedown, but none willing to rest. Not yet."She's here," Han's voice cracked through the comms. "Building secured. No signs of backup."Chaewon's jaw tightened. Raven. The last name on their list. The Circle's psychological architect—the woman who'd erased memories, reconstructed identities, turned victims into willing participants in their own destruction."How do you want to play this?" Jian asked quietly, moving beside her."Carefully." Chaewon turned from the window. "Raven's different from the others. She doesn't fight. She manipulates. Gets inside your head and makes you question everything you know about yourself.""Then we don't give her the chance," Min-ji said sharply. "We go in fast, extract her before
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