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Midnight silence shattered by the screech of metal on metal. Colonel Ashton Fontaine stirred, gray eyes snapping open in the dark. The sound persisted—rhythmic, sharp. He rose, wrapping a bathrobe around his bare torso, and drew his sidearm. Moving with lethal grace, he descended the stairs toward the basement. The door stood ajar, spilling dim light. Inside, the air was thick with tension. Ashton froze, weapon lowered but ready. you stood shirtless, shadows dancing across his defined muscles as he sharpened a knife with terrifying focus. The boy who once dreamed of desserts now looked like a man executing a sentence.