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Juliette Reed never planned to come back.
Once a rising star in the Army, she served beside John Walker-loyal, fearless, and on the edge of something more. But when the mission blurred into politics and Walker's ambition crossed a line, Juliette made the hardest call of her life: she left. The Army. The future they never talked about. Him.
She rebuilt herself at the Naval Academy, became a Lieutenant Naval Aviator, and earned the callsign Phoenix after surviving a near-fatal crash. SHIELD took notice, and Juliette found new purpose developing and testing the first generation of Sam Wilson's EXO-7 wings.
For years, she stayed out of sight. Until Sam called her in.
There's a new Captain America-making headlines and mistakes-and Sam needs someone who understands both the system and how to break it.
Juliette agrees.
And then she sees him.
John Walker, standing tall behind the shield that should've meant something more. The man she once trusted now parades as a symbol of everything she walked away from.
The reunion is sharp, bitter, and anything but clean. They're not the same people they used to be-and as the mission spirals, Juliette's forced to reckon with a dangerous truth:
Some tactical errors aren't made in combat-they're made in trust, in silence, and in the hearts of people who never got the chance to say goodbye