Fractured Lines
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Last published Tue, Nov 11, 2025
You don't protect someone by breaking them.
After Tim breaks up with Lucy to "protect her" from the fallout of the Ray Watkins case, she volunteers for an undercover assignment - needing distance from the heartbreak and wanting to prove herself.
She goes deep, posing as one of Ray's couriers in a distribution ring that she believes is separate from his core network. But when Ray personally visits the warehouse she's working in and recognizes her from his brief encounter during his threats to Tim, everything unravels.
At the same time, Tim-still leading Metro-is gearing up for a raid on a warehouse tied to the same operation.
When he realizes Lucy is inside, everything stops. The plan. The chain of command. His sense of control.
He has to find a way to save her without blowing the mission - or losing her again.
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