Adeline's POVThe explosion's echo still rang in my ears as I stared at the foundry's northeastern corner, now a smoking crater of twisted metal and crumbled concrete.The stairs and our exit, gone."KAYDEN!" I screamed into my radio. "Kayden, respond!"Static."KAYDEN!"More static, then his voice, broken and distant: "—line? Can you—""I'm here! Are you hurt? Can you get out?""Exit collapsed. We're—" The signal cut out completely.I ran toward the building. Marco caught me, arms wrapping around my waist, lifting me off my feet as I fought him."LET ME GO!""The building's unstable!" Marco shouted. "You go in there, you die too!""I don't care! He's trapped! Belle's trapped!""And you dying won't save them!" He dragged me back as I clawed at his arms. "Adeline, STOP!"I couldn't stop. Kayden was in there, my sister was in there, buried under rubble with a ticking bomb and no way out.Marco's men rushed toward the building, assessing the damage. One of them, Rodriguez, the structural
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