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l bag. The cheap zipper caught on the frayed fabric, offering a sli
denly pulsed with a harsh, crimson light. The blinding strobe shattered th
the recei
odulator. The raspy, metallic sound filled the room, demandin
coiled tight in instinctual rej
N
oment it did, the volatile Progenitor-cla
tching his sternum as if trying to hold his ribcage together. His vision blurred into a s
the specific radiation emitted by the Sterling family's unde
ing copper. He swallowed the blood and
ne wen
imbs heavy and trembling. He reached into the hidden lin
ordelia Prescott-Sterling. A mocking smirk twisted his lips befo
The metal shrieked against the hinges, drawing a slurr
rned his head and loc
ntent. The drunk's throat seized. The color drained from his face, and he scrambled
's seat of a beat-up, second-hand Ford sedan. He twisted the ke
pothole-ridden street, spitting a thick cloud of black exhaust f
Without warning, a sleek black Maybach cut aggressivel
Momentum threw Holden violently forward, th
rolled down his tinted w
wn, fingers brushing the cold, textured grip of
om the blade, pasting a numb, dead-eyed expression of a bottom-tier driver o
n let out a low, cold laugh, spinning the steerin
the perimeter of the Sterling estate on the Gold
of brutal battlefield survival, he quickly calculated the sweep angles and rotation cycles of the security cameras. Within seconds, his mind constructed a mental
man straining against its leash. They glared at the rusted Fo
barking at Holden to get his trash off private property. The
kets. He ignored the nightstick and simply
the eyes of an apex predator. The Doberman let out a pathetic whimper, tuc
flushed with embarrassment and sudden anger. He unholst
calculating the exact trajectory to disarm the guard and snap
e roar of a high-performance engi
the gates. The tinted window rolled down, reveal
s license plate. He snapped at the gate guards to stand down
button. Holden got back into the Ford, pressed the gas, and drove through th
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