The entity moved first.Not toward Roan. Toward a panel on the wall behind Cole, a manual trigger of some kind, a signal sent in the half second before Roan crossed the room’s threshold.The building answered.Every floor at once. The sound of coordinated movement from above and below… the entity’s reserve assets activating positions that hadn’t been in the reconnaissance picture because they hadn’t been occupied during reconnaissance. The entity had been reinforcing in the hours since the commercial unit’s destruction, using the preparation time the operation had given it.Jin’s voice: “Building’s active. Multiple contacts on every floor. Damon…”“I see them,” Damon said in the earpiece. His voice was entirely calm. “Second floor has twelve. We’re managing.”Roan stepped back into the corridor.“Selene,” he said. “Hold position. Don’t move until I signal.”She was already pressed against the corridor wall, the two Park security specialists between her and the stairwell. She nodded o