Page 126 of Jase


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Silence.

Sharp.

Heavy.

“You’re not expendable,” I add.

“Neither are you.”

“I know that.”

“Do you?”

That—

That hits.

Because yes.

I do.

But hearing him say it?

Different.

A drone humcuts through the air above us.

Low.

Mechanical.

Watching.

We both freeze.

Look up.

“…that’s new,” I whisper.

Jase

Yeah.

That’s very new.

And very bad.

“They’re not just tracking movement anymore,” I say.

“They’re scanning.”

“Heat signatures,” Mila confirms.

Which means—

Cover doesn’t matter.

Hiding doesn’t matter.