The security footage began with a man standing at the compound’s eastern gate.Alone.No weapons. No armor. Just a long wool coat, hands tucked into the pockets, head bowed slightly as if he were waiting for a bus.The timestamp read 06:47.By 06:49, every alert system had tripped.At 06:51, Charlotte was awake, armed, and standing in the security hub staring at the screen with her pulse hammering in her throat.Because the man on the screen wasn’t a stranger.It was Lieutenant Caleb Rowe.Dead for three years.Julian walked into the room like a thundercloud in human form.“That’s not possible,” he said immediately.Sophie pulled up biometric overlays. “It’s not just possible. It’s perfect. Voice print, retina, bone density—it’s all him.”Robert stared silently at the image on the screen, then muttered, “He died in the Redfall breach. There was a funeral. I was there.”“Apparently,” Elias said, stepping into the room, “someone else was too.”Charlotte didn’t speak.Her fingers tapped
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