COLD STEEL, BLEEDING HEARTS
“You’re an accelerator. You make things grow until they burst. You’re gasoline on a fire.”
A sharp WHIRR cut through the night.
A black drone, lights blinking red, dropped down between them. It hovered, fast and sure, and a voice crackled out—cold, mechanical.
“Target identified. Maya Rossi. Biological Level: Alpha.”
“They’re here,” Catherine hissed, staring up, fear written all over her. “The Board of Directors. They don’t want a Queen anymore. They want your DNA. They want to pick you like fruit.”
The drone fired a silver dart.