Spy Tugs
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The final tug on the line was not a signal but a summons, pulling me from the warmth of the café and into the mist-shrouded alley. My contact was early, a deviation from protocol that sent a cold ripple of alarm down my spine. I moved silently, my footsteps absorbed by the damp cobblestones gleaming under a solitary, flickering gas lamp. A figure emerged from the gloom, his posture rigid, his face a pale mask of suppressed panic. He thrust a small, cold metal object into my gloved hand, his own fingers trembling with a palpable, infectious fear. Before I could speak a single word of questioning or reassurance, he melted back into the swirling vapor, becoming one with the shadows from whence he came. I stood alone for a moment, the weight of the data drive in my palm feeling impossibly heavy, a tiny anchor in a vast, treacherous sea. The silence of the alley was no longer peaceful but oppressive, a vacuum waiting to be shattered by a sudden shout or the screech of tires. I knew then that the delicate, invisible web of our operation had been violently torn apart. My only mission now was to vanish, to become a ghost carrying a secret that could either save or destroy countless lives.
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