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Chapter 7: The Hunt Begins

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The abandoned warehouse in Oakland's industrial district looked exactly like what it was—a trap. Zara crouched on the roof of a building three blocks away, her newly enhanced vision picking out details that would have been invisible to her human eyes an hour ago. Heat signatures through windows, movement patterns of guards, the glint of weapons positioned at strategic points.

"Twelve hostiles," she reported through the comm device Marcus had given her. "Four on the perimeter, six inside with my parents, two on overwatch from the building across the street."

"Military training?" Adrian's voice came through clearly, though he was positioned on the opposite side of the warehouse complex.

"Definitely. These aren't academic researchers Kyle hired off Craigslist." Zara adjusted her position, testing how her enhanced reflexes adapted to the new environment. Everything felt sharper, more immediate. "ARIA, status on building systems infiltration?"

Her laptop, modified with Blackwood Industries
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    The abandoned warehouse in Oakland's industrial district looked exactly like what it was—a trap. Zara crouched on the roof of a building three blocks away, her newly enhanced vision picking out details that would have been invisible to her human eyes an hour ago. Heat signatures through windows, movement patterns of guards, the glint of weapons positioned at strategic points."Twelve hostiles," she reported through the comm device Marcus had given her. "Four on the perimeter, six inside with my parents, two on overwatch from the building across the street.""Military training?" Adrian's voice came through clearly, though he was positioned on the opposite side of the warehouse complex."Definitely. These aren't academic researchers Kyle hired off Craigslist." Zara adjusted her position, testing how her enhanced reflexes adapted to the new environment. Everything felt sharper, more immediate. "ARIA, status on building systems infiltration?"Her laptop, modified with Blackwood Industries

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    Adrian's black Tesla pulled up to the curb exactly three minutes after Zara sent her text, as if he'd been waiting nearby. The passenger door opened before she reached the sidewalk, and she slid into leather seats that probably cost more than her monthly rent."Thank you," she said, buckling her seatbelt with shaking hands. "I know this is weird, but I really needed...""To get away from Dr. Harrison?" Adrian's voice was carefully controlled, but his knuckles were white on the steering wheel. "What did he tell you?"Zara stared at him. "How do you know I was with Kyle?""Because I've been having his communications monitored for the past six months." Adrian pulled into traffic with the fluid precision of someone accustomed to high-performance vehicles. "Along with several other individuals who've shown interest in your research.""You've been... monitoring..." Zara felt the world tilt sideways. "Who the hell are you?""Someone who's been trying to keep you alive." Adrian's golden eyes

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    Zara couldn't focus.She'd been staring at the same lines of code for twenty minutes, but her mind kept drifting back to the stranger in her building's lobby. Adrian Blackwood. Even his name sounded like something out of a romance novel - dark, mysterious, probably dangerous.The rational part of her brain insisted that alpha male billionaires didn't just materialize in office building lobbies to flirt with rumpled programmers. But the way he'd looked at her, like she was the most fascinating thing he'd ever seen..."Get it together, Chen," she muttered, forcing herself to focus on the screen. "You have a meeting with Kyle in two hours."Her phone buzzed with a text from an unknown number: Enjoyed meeting you last night. Hope to see you again soon. - AdrianZara stared at the message, pulse quickening. How had he gotten her number? She definitely hadn't given it to him. Then again, if he was some kind of tech investor, he probably had resources she couldn't imagine.She was still deba

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