Page 320 of Broken Oath

The technicians began working.

“Seal every entrance. Move the prisoners now.”

Reeves turned toward the door.

Madow stopped him.

“Colonel.”

Reeves looked back.

“If Rook reaches the prison wing, collapse it.”

“With our men inside?”

“With everyone inside.”

Reeves stared at him.

Then walked out.

Madow faced the screens again.

The mountain had protected his secrets for years.

Tonight, it would become a tomb.

One way or another.

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ROOK

The mountain loomed above us.

Black.

Silent.

Deadly.

Snow whipped across the ridgeline, and wind howled through the rocks.

Shadow Division moved through it like ghosts.

No lights.

No unnecessary voices.

No mistakes.

Five years of lies had led us here.

Five years of graves.

Five years of stolen lives.

Tonight, it ended.