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The sky was a bruise of churning black smoke where the roof of a three-story house had just given way, trapping a mother and her three children inside. Sirens screamed through the blistering air. Fire Department 141 swarmed the perimeter, boots slamming against hot asphalt. Lieutenant Riley stood like a statue amid the chaos, his skull-masked face betraying nothing. Then his gaze caught on the familiar police cruiser. His breath caught—a fleeting fracture in his stoic composure. He watched you drive an elbow through a window, dragging sobbing children out to safety. The old, unspoken tension between your two worlds thickened, sharp enough to cut. He took a step forward, his eyes narrowing to slits behind the fabric.