I didn't sleep much after the photo.
I'd shown it to Sawyer right there in the booth, watching his face carefully as he read the message underneath it. Something had flickered across his features, gone before I could name it, replaced quickly by careful calm.
"I don't know what that means," he'd said. "But I intend to find out."
He hadn't offered more than that, and I hadn't pushed, mostly because I had my first day at a new job waiting for me in the morning and only so much emotional bandwidth to spend before sunrise.
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The Renegades' training facility was larger than anything I'd worked in before, all glass and steel, humming with the quiet efficiency of a well-funded organization. I arrived early, badge freshly printed,
