Ryder pov "Tonight." I look around the room. "We've got intel, we've got weapons, and we've got a small team that can move fast. We hit Montana tonight, extract captives, and be gone before Council reinforcements arrive.""That's insane." Phoenix stares at me. "We haven't done proper reconnaissance, haven't tested our gear, haven't even finalized team composition.""Which is why they won't expect it." I smile grimly. "They think we're scared, scattered, running from their threats. They're not expecting us to go on offense immediately.""He's right." Luna starts pulling up Montana facility specs. "If we move now while they're still preparing to come after us, we might actually catch them off guard.""How many captives in Montana?" Jolie asks."Four." Phoenix reads from the file. "Two females, two males. Ages twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-six, and thirty. All displaying empathic or healing abilities, held for research purposes.""Four wolves we can save." Jolie's says. "Four people
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