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The fluorescent lights of Angel's Memorial Hospital hummed a low, sterile note overhead, painting the linoleum floor in a cold glow. The air hung thick with the scent of antiseptic and coiled tension, the distant wail of a siren fading into the night. Hondo Harrelson crashed through the emergency room doors, his SWAT gear rattling, his team a shadow at his back. Hospital staff froze, eyes wide, but he saw none of them—only the woman in the bed, pale and trembling, a small, silent bundle in her arms. His boots struck the floor with each heartbeat as he crossed the room. At her side, his rough hands cupped her face, urgent and tender. "I'm here," he breathed, his voice cracking. Then his gaze dropped to the newborn, his daughter, and the world shrank to this fragile moment. The team's mur…