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Claire looked utterly unbothered, as though nothing, cold towe her.

After everything she'd endured, it wasn't just boiling, water she wasn't afraid of she could probably handle scalding oil without flinching,

"Claire, I think..." Frederick's eyes darkened, his patience wearing thin.

This woman clearly wasn't going to back down until she hit a dead end.

Just as he was about to take action, his phone buzzed.

Seeing Richard's name on the screen, Frederick frowned, letting go of Claire to answer.

At this hour, Richard was likely on his way to pick him up for work. A call now could only mean something urgent.

Sure enough, Richard's anxious voice came through as soon as Frederick picked up.

"General Hawthorne, we've got a problem. Ten minutes ago, there was an explosion at a produce market on the outskirts of Kingstown. The nearby troops have already secured the scene."

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Any casualties?" Frederick asked urgently, already grabbing his jacket while

a suburban market, so there weren't too many people around at this hour," Richard replied, his tone calm

it's mostly older folks, and even they wouldn't be out in large numbers at this time-eight or nine AM is still fairly quiet." "Richard," Frederick growled, his

had never seen Frederick lose his temper like

just angry; he was commanding,

she asked, unable to

at a market on the outskirts," Frederick said curtly, already turning

was now the last thing on his

he rushed out the door, Claire let out a long breath,

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relief washed over her, her thoughts turned to the people at

been an explosion

out her phone and searched for news about the blast in

were devastating-bloodied streets, heart-wrenching cries of anguish

please! Don't do this. Open your eyes and

Grandma... Officer, what's wrong

so much? Why won't she get up?

You just went to buy groceries, that's all! You were laughing and joking when you left this morning. How could you just... lie here like this? Is this some kind of punishment? Is it because I didn't go with you this time? What am I supposed to do without you now? What am I supposed to do?" The cries of children, the heartbreak of the elderly grieving their lost loved ones, the agony of people who had just lost their closest family members-it all unfolded

stop

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as she did in

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a sense of perspective. Their earlier spat

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