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Welcome to the jungle
The shark and the cub
Snakes in suites
Brooklyn nights
Later hours, long stares
Lines and challenges
The business congress
The weekend that changed everything
Back to the cold
Vince’s warning
First strike
Prove yourself again
Pressure builds
Fire and ice
Storm in the office
The Aftermath
Julia strikes
Broken pieces
Vince investigates
Target on her back
Burn notice
Sheffield
The Door Opens
Letters and Lemon Cake
Back to the City
The Proposal
Loose Ends
The Dinner Invitation
What We Keep
Revenir
The Interference
The Soft Return
What Comes After
The Final Move
Echoes of Before
Operation Disruption
Fault Lines
Trust or Treason
Between Light and Shadow
The Breaking Point
Eye of the Storm
The Countermove
After the Fire
The Final Move
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The Soft Return
It happened like most important things do—quietly.
No announcement. No countdown. No heat in the air.
Just a knock on the glass wall of my office.
I looked up and there he was, Erik.
Hands in his pockets. Clean lines. Crisp shirt. No tie. No armor.
Just him.
He didn’t smile.
But his eyes softene...
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