ia
rked for a moment, a useless mechan
saying?" he asked, his voice t
him. I snatched Carmela's hand and s
y near the load-bearing wall, st
er the noise. She accused me of dragging
g but ramrod straight, an ivory dagger
ence!" she cried out. "S
She turned her head and fiercely cursed Bianca, swearing
at the cowering crowd. "If the rest of yo
ained down from the ceiling in thick sheets. The heavy, gilde
to the wide
or assessing the thirty-foot drop to th
long as I executed a proper tactical roll to
ted over the grinding noise
nt your boots t
at me, and her wide eyes reflected n
ttered Silvio's v
ebris, reaching out desperately. He meant
raction of a second before his
tore past
strial cargo netting suspended above the lower crates. The heavy mesh
. I bent my knees, throwing my momentum forwar
ompressing my chest and bringing the sharp, me
attled my organs and force
a!" I s
ly, rolling through the dirt an
t. She laughed out loud, a wild, breathless sou
massive, sha
fectly whole-strong and functional as I t
st-life jump surfac
d locked onto me in mid-air, destroying my ability
rushed me. This time, I carried
ela's arm, kee
inted toward the secure perimeter, movi
sty yellow. The ground heav
stumbling forward until we reached the d
ped, her fingers digg
primal terror as she poi
und from the air. We could only watch as the five-story syndicate hea
Silvio Vitiello was about to learn th
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