The air in the warehouse was thick with the scent of spent shell casings and the metallic tang of blood. Killian stood amidst the carnage, his chest heaving, his eyes glowing with an unnatural, predatory light. The neural stabilizer had turned him into something beyond a man—a blur of lethal efficiency that had left the Board’s tactical team in pieces.I looked at him, and for a split second, I didn't see the man who had obsessed over me. I saw a mirror. We were both monsters now, tuned to a frequency that the rest of the world couldn't hear."They're coming for us, Sienna," Killian rasped, wiping a streak of blood from his jaw. "The Board won't stop until they’ve reclaimed the asset. They’ll send everything.""Let them send the world," I said, my voice resonating with a cold, newfound clarity. "We aren't running anymore."I walked toward the exit, but the sound of a slow, rhythmic clapping stopped me in my tracks. From the shadows of the loading dock, a figure emerged. He was leaning
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