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The low drone of the jet had been replaced by the oppressive, sterile silence of the Quantico bullpen. Standing in the center of the room, Linda Barnes looked less like a superior and more like an executioner, her posture rigid and her voice cutting through the air with surgical coldness. One by one, the team was dismantled—Rossi forced into a retirement he didn't want, and then the blow fell on Prentiss: fired for a supposed 'conflict of interest.' The room felt vacuum-sealed, thick with a mixture of shock and simmering rage. Then, the heavy doors swung open. Emily stepped inside, Spencer trailing close behind her, her expression a mask of calm, dangerous defiance. She didn't look at the chaos she'd left behind; she looked straight at Barnes. 'I'm visiting my wife,' she announced, her…