CHAPTER 158
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The war room was silent. The weight of the impossible choice loomed over Max like a noose tightening around his throat. Save Emily, or stop the Council.

Elliot stood across from him, arms crossed, frustration flickering in his eyes. “You know this is a setup, Max. Graves wants you to come alone. You walk into that, and you’re dead.”

Max’s jaw tightened. “Then I’ll make sure I take him with me.”

Red Fang slammed his knife into the table, the blade sticking deep into the wood. “This is stupid. We don’t split up. Not now.”

Molly, pale and tense, barely looked up from her screen. “The Council is already initiating Omega Protocol. We have minutes before they crash the global economy. If we don’t stop them now, the world burns.”

Max exhaled. His mind was a battlefield, every thought colliding like soldiers charging into war. Emily’s face flashed in his mind. He had never doubted his decisions before. Until now.

Elliot’s voice cut through the haze. “Let me lead the mission. You go after Emil
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