SOFIAThe silence that took over the strategy room after my statement was dense, loaded with the weight of everything we had kept silent for months. The red and blue emergency lights of the patio continued to cut through the darkness, casting long geometric shadows on the polished wood of the center table.Dante didn't answer right away. He didn't order me out of the room, nor did he remove the tactical folders. He simply stood there, his imposing figure dominating the seat he had just occupied, staring at me as if trying to decipher a language he had never been taught.For the first time since I entered his world, the untouchable mask was not back in place.Normally, when cornered, Dante Moretti took refuge behind an impenetrable wall of absolute authority, union protocol, and cold, unyielding logic. It was his armor, a defense mechanism perfected over a lifetime of leading men in the dark and managing catastrophic risks. But tonight, under the blinding glare of the off monitors and
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