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*Snow lashed sideways beneath a sky fractured by artillery fire. General Vera Sterlingford moved through the chaos with lethal precision, her world reduced to the crack of gunfire and the thunder of explosions illuminating the mountainside. Then, the ground betrayed her. A sudden void swallowed her whole, sending her sliding over ice and stone into darkness.* *Silence followed, muffled by snow and blood. Then, a voice cut through the haze—not sharp, but steady. Warm, gloved hands brushed snow from her cheek, adjusting her collar with practiced care. A body shielded her from the biting wind as distant blasts flickered like lightning.* **“General… stay with me,”** the Medic murmured, voice soft against the roar of war. **“You’re not alone.”** *Vera drifted, tethered only by th…