Semua Bab wounded Heart : Bab 101 - Bab 103

Sonia's weapon lowered slowly, her mind racing through scenarios faster than her heartbeat. The helicopter's spotlight cast harsh shadows across her face as she stared up at her captors. "I said surrender," the voice demanded again. "I heard you the first time," Sonia replied coolly, buying seconds to think. Her gaze flicked to Elena, who subtly shifted her stance—a movement Sonia recognized from their training exercises. Three... two... one... Elena triggered a flash grenade from her belt while Sonia dropped and rolled, using the momentary blindness of their attackers to find cover behind coastal rocks. Gunfire peppered the ground where they'd stood moments before. "They want us alive," Elena shouted over the chaos, "or we'd already be dead." Sonia nodded, calculating their next move. "Alex's tracking beacon—can you access it?" Elena pulled out a small device, her fingers flying across its surface. "Signal's active but scrambled. He's moving toward the facility." A bu

Blue emergency lights pulsed, casting an otherworldly glow over James's face as his eyelids fluttered. "The containment protocol," he whispered. "Rodriguez's insurance policy.""Stay with me," Alex urged, frantically searching for a way to free him from the debris. Sonia appeared at his side, helping to leverage the fallen beam."On three," she instructed. Their eyes met briefly—a wordless connection that transcended their professional relationship. "One, two, three!"Together they shifted the metal enough for Alex to pull James clear. Blood soaked the CFO's shirt, but his eyes remained lucid, focused on Alex with desperate intensity."Your father embedded a kill switch in the genetic formula," James gasped. "If activated incorrectly, it targets anyone with modified markers.""Including my father?" Alex questioned, helping James to a seated position against the wall.James nodded weakly. "And the Director. Half his security team. Countless others who received early treatment variants.