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She felt the answer rise like steam. Readiness, she realized, was not a state but an action. “We go in hot,” she said.

They stepped forward with the coil and the splice cutter. The relay tower’s auroral vein pulsed, and for a second, the city’s fibers seemed to focus on them, curious and possessive. Mira felt the Bond’s interest press into her chest like a hand wanting to stay. She resisted not with force but with the full force of being present—breathing, feeling, holding Jalen’s hand. true bond ch1 part 5 cloudlet hot

Jalen’s expression shifted. For a second, the façade of the unflappable agent faltered. “You think they meant you to—” He stopped, swallowed, and then said, softly, “No one gets chosen like that by accident.” She felt the answer rise like steam