We move.
Straight into the dark.
53
Jase
The building looks clean.
Glass. Steel. Soft lighting. No visible guards. No alarms screaming at us the second we step onto the grounds.
Which means one thing.
“It’s watching us,” I murmur.
Mila doesn’t look at me.
“Yeah,” she says quietly. “I know.”
Daniel moves ahead, straight toward a side access panel like he’s been here before.
Maybe he has.
Wouldn’t surprise me.
Wouldn’t comfort me either.
“Thirty seconds,” he says, pulling a slim device from his pocket and connecting it to the panel. “Once this opens, we’re inside their perimeter.”
“Meaning?” Jonah asks from behind us.
“Meaning we stop existing on the outside,” Daniel replies. “And start existing on the inside.”
Cal huffs. “That doesn’t sound better.”
“It’s not.”
The device hums softly.
Lights on the panel flicker.
Then—
Green.
The door clicks.
Unlocked.
Ethan doesn’t hesitate.
“Go.”
We move.
Fast.
Silent.
