Aaliyah Chen had three escape routes, seven false identities, two emergency cash bags, and absolutely no intention of trusting the handsome domestic weirdo who had somehow arrived in her life with a billionaire CEO, a traumatized influencer, an unemployed fund manager, and a soldier carrying a screaming metal case."Hard pass," she said through the warehouse intercom. "Whatever cult this is, I am full."Jack stood in the alley below her safehouse with Katherine on one side, Marcus on the other, Haley in sunglasses despite the cloudy sky, and the cracked Alpha Predation seed locked in a cooler full of ice because Aaliyah had texted that cold slowed its signal.Technically, she had texted, Put it in ice, idiots.Ben was on speaker from Queens, coordinating the market side of the war while threatening three journalists with civil discovery.Katherine looked up at the security camera hidden in a pigeon deterrent spike. "Ms. Chen, Preston Vance's people traced yo
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