I've gone through this scenario a million fucking times before and it always seems to play out the same way. I meet some vanilla white progressive ally

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Prologue On December 20, 2025, the European Union (EU) almost crossed the Rubicon. It tried seizing Russian financial assets in Belgium for funding and

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Paul Wines helped to kick in the door of the warehouse and heard a sound like a freight train crashing through town. A blaze fueled by leather goods and

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The lonely figure trudged across the frozen, bare field. The soil was rock hard. The wind bit at his face, too cold even for the geese cutting across the