The attack came two nights later, just after second watch change.Elena was on the north balcony with Sophie when the first shot took out the perimeter light on the east wall. The sound was sharp and close enough that her shoulders jerked before her mind caught up. Sophie dropped flat. Elena followed a half-second later, rifle already coming up, heart slamming so hard she felt it in her teeth and the tips of her fingers.More shots. Different calibers. Someone yelling inside the house. Then the generator cut out with a dying whine and the whole building went dark except for the red emergency strips Brennan had installed along the baseboards months ago like he’d been expecting this exact night.“East courtyard,” Sophie said into her radio. Static answered, then Daniel’s voice, tight and low: “Multiple contacts. They’re testing the gate.”Elena moved. Hallways she’d walked a hundred times felt wrong in the red dark, longer and narrower. People brushed past her carrying weapons and kids
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