Agent Hammer sat propped in bed, tubes threading his arms, his face hollowed out but his eyes blazing now—awake, alive, memory a jagged blade slicing through the fog. It’d hit him this morning, brutal and whole; no more mumbles, just names, a gunshot’s echo searing his skull. Director Monroe loomed over him, gray trench coat dripping rain onto the tiles, recorder trembling in his grip, voice low and fierce. “Tell me, Hammer—who did it? Everything, now.”Hammer’s voice scraped out, rough as broken glass, but firm; his hands clutched the sheet, veins bulging with the strain of truth. “Jeremiah—not Jeremy; Jeremiah shot me. Docks.” His breath hitched, ragged; his eyes burned, wet with rage and shame. “Jeremy was there too. And some African warlord, Flinco. They raided the watch house, hit us like a storm. Everyone's dead right? I failed the Agency, Sir.” His chest heaved, a sob choking off; the weight of it crushed him—months lost, a life stolen.Monroe’s face hardened, a hunter scenti
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