The prison where I found you
When an operative lunged at Kael’s exposed left flank through the blinding smoke, I stepped into the gap, swinging the iron bar with everything I had, striking the attacker across the helmet visor and sending him crashing to the concrete.
Kael caught my eye through the haze, a fierce, primal flash of pride burning in his storm-gray gaze before he turned to drive another merc into the furnace wall.
Through the choking chemical smoke and the blinding pulses of gunfire, I saw a tall, slender figure standing quietly near the shattered frame of the north maintenance door.
He wore no tactical gear, no helmet, and no inmate jumpsuit. He wore a sharp, custom-tailored dark coat, watching the slaughte