ZARIA Renzo frowned. “Zaria... when did you... I could have gotten one of my men to handle that extraction."“Let me do it, Renzo. I will do whatever it takes to protect my son.” I stripped the bloody gray latex gloves from my hands and tossed them onto the concrete floor. He would die from blood loss anyway."Let's go," I muttered, pushing past Asher.Renzo followed immediately, and we climbed the stairs back up to the transit van. The metallic scent of the basement stayed in my nose, but my mind was fixed entirely on the blinking red transponder icon glowing on the digital map of Renzo’s phone. Hawk had the vehicle running by the time we hit the loading bay.We drove in complete silence for twenty minutes, heading deep into the secluded, unmapped timber yards near the northern perimeter of the province. The gravel road grew rougher, causing the van to sway as the industrial warehouses gave way to dense overgrown pine trees and rusted corrugated steel sheds. Finally, Hawk let t
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