The abandoned hospital loomed under a grey sky, its cracked windows like empty eyes staring out over the empty parking lot. Marcus had turned the place into a nightmare of glass and steel and sterile horrors, and tonight the whole building hummed with the low, lethal buzz of his virus. Cedric moved through the corridors first, gun up, boots silent on the linoleum that smelled of bleach and fear. Gianni stayed half a step behind, eyes sharp, while Anna coordinated from the van two streets away, her voice calm in their ears.They found Sasha’s daughter in the third floor, a small cage in a room that looked like a child’s nightmare, cold steel walls, monitors flashing vitals that were already slowing. She was maybe ten, dark hair matted, eyes huge and terrified, but alive. Cedric cut the locks with a bolt cutter, lifted her out, and pressed her gently into Anna’s waiting arms.“Get her out,” he said, voice steady even though his chest felt like it was caving in.Anna nodded once, took th
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