Off Limits
"He was an advanced operator equipped with a military-grade dead-man's link. Had I eliminated his vitals on the roof, a dark-web proxy payload would have instantly distributed her complete personal metrics, family coordinates, and tracking signatures to a public forum. He wanted to force a violent termination to collapse her firewall."
"Oh my god," Jeremy breathed, a ragged, broken sound escaping his throat. "Oh my god... Peter... is she... did he touch her?"
"No," Peter said, his voice dropping into that dark, heavy register that always made the hairs on my arms stand up. He lifted his eyes, locking his gaze directly onto mine through the dim light of the penthouse. "He did not touch her. I