They came at midnight.Two hundred bikes. Roaring engines. The sound of war.I stood on the roof with Razor and Hammer, watching headlights approach like a swarm of angry fireflies."Here we go," Razor said quietly."Remember the plan," I said. "Let them get close. Then light them up."The New Serpents stopped a hundred yards from our gate. Engines idling. Waiting.Then Crystal's voice boomed through a megaphone."Jenna Carter! Come out and face me! Or I start killing your people one by one!""Do not answer," Razor hissed. "Let her sweat."But I was already moving toward the stairs."Jenna, no—""She wants to talk. So we talk." I grabbed the megaphone from a guard. "Crystal! You want me? I am right here!"I walked to the gate, fully visible, fully exposed.Behind me, I heard Razor cursing.Crystal dismounted from her bike, walking forward until we were separated only by chain-link fence.She looked different. Harder. Her eyes were dead."You really thought I was dead," she said. "You
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