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The helicopter's thumping rotors finally faded, leaving only the heavy silence of the safehouse. Dani slumped onto the narrow bunk, her muscles trembling from spent adrenaline and fresh agony. Blood crusted her split lip where the molars had been wrenched free; her tongue still throbbed with the memory of the burn. She fixed her gaze on a crack in the ceiling, fighting to draw a steady breath, the ghost of Castillo's cigarette still searing her senses.