The wind whipped across the rain-slicked tarmac, carrying the deafening, high-pitched whine of the private jet's twin turbines. On the metal staircase hanging from the aircraft's open boarding hatch, the cartel operative sneered, his finger tightening on the trigger of his assault rifle, ready to riddle Ethan with lead. Behind him, Chloe Warren clutched a reinforced data drive to her chest, her eyes wide with unhinged panic. "Shoot him! What are you waiting for? Kill him!" she shrieked over the roar of the engines. Before the mercenary could squeeze the trigger, a sleek, cylindrical device no larger than a pen slipped effortlessly from Emma’s fingers. She had stepped out from behind the armored SUV, her expression completely cool and calculated. With a flick of her wrist, she activated the prototype. There was no explosion, no flash of light, and no audible sound to the human ear. Instead, a wave of concentrated, sub-audible sonic pulses ripped through the air, vibrating directly a
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