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Chapter 104. Blood In The Water.
A cold finger of doubt traced its way down her spine.She had made a hasty decision. The scream could have been a trap, a lure designed to pull simple-minded do-gooders into an ambush. She had seen tactics like that before and she had known good operatives who had fallen for them. It was entirely possible that she had just walked into something far more dangerous than she had anticipated, and that the scream she had heard was not a real cry for help but a recording or a performance designed to draw her in.She shook her head, clearing the doubt before it could take root. ‘No. I heard real fear in that voice. That was not an act.’She pressed her palm flat against the cold brick of the wall, grounding herself. ‘I've already committed to this. Might as well see it through.’She moved along the edge of the alleyway, her body low and her footsteps silent on the cold ground. Near the entrance, half buried in shadow, was an abandoned refrigerator. It was enormous, an industrial unit y
Chapter 103. Scream.
Rebecca knew deep in the yawning out that was her chest that whoever the owner was, they were in absolute terror. Rebecca herself, had screamed that scream before, a very long time ago, in a different country and in a different life. And the fact that she heard such an awful sound again made something in her body wither up and die.But even as she struggled in her throes of trauma, Rebecca couldn't help but notice that fieldman was getting away. Twenty yards ahead, his gray sedan idling at the curb, his round silhouette unmistakable even in the dim glow of the streetlamps. If she followed him now, she would have him. She would finally get the answers she had been chasing for weeks, the name of whoever had hired him to watch Noah Stone, the identity of the second operative who was still slipping through her fingers.“AHHHHH!!" Another scream. Louder this time. More frantic. It cut off abruptly, as though someone had clamped a hand over the woman's mouth.Rebecca stopped running.
Chapter 101. Into The Underbelly.
The night had deepened by the time Rebecca reached her destination.The apartment was dark when Rebecca let herself in.She didn't turn on the lights, didn't need to. Her eyes had adjusted to the dim glow filtering through the blinds, the pale orange of the streetlights painting long stripes across the hardwood floor. She moved through the space with the ease of someone who had walked these floors a thousand times, her footsteps silent, her breathing even.Everything was in its place.The weapon case on the kitchen counter. The surveillance equipment spread across the coffee table. The change of clothes laid out on the back of the chair,.dark, nondescript, the kind of outfit that let you blend into shadows and disappear into crowds.She was going after Fieldmann tonight.The thought settled into her chest with the weight of certainty. Rebecca had been out tracking on him since she uncovered his identity. She knew his routine: up at six, coffee from the same bodega, office by eight.
Chapter 101. Into The Underbelly.
The night had deepened by the time Rebecca reached her destination.The apartment was dark when Rebecca let herself in.She didn't turn on the lights, didn't need to. Her eyes had adjusted to the dim glow filtering through the blinds, the pale orange of the streetlights painting long stripes across the hardwood floor. She moved through the space with the ease of someone who had walked these floors a thousand times, her footsteps silent, her breathing even.Everything was in its place.The weapon case on the kitchen counter. The surveillance equipment spread across the coffee table. The change of clothes laid out on the back of the chair,.dark, nondescript, the kind of outfit that let you blend into shadows and disappear into crowds.She was going after Fieldmann tonight.The thought settled into her chest with the weight of certainty. Rebecca had been out tracking on him since she uncovered his identity. She knew his routine: up at six, coffee from the same bodega, office by eight.
Chapter 100 The Shadow Moves.
Rebecca waited until the door closed before she let out a breath.Quiet. Controlled. Still heavier than it should have been.The encounter in the atrium replayed in her mind—Lucien Vicker, the name Nicole Nicholson dropped into the open like it belonged there.It hadn’t.Noah’s reaction had been subtle. Anyone else might have missed it.She hadn’t.Nicole.The name settled hard in her chest.Rebecca had never met her. Didn’t need to. The file had been enough—background checks, photographs, timelines. Three years of quiet damage laid out in clean, factual lines.Used him. Dismissed him. Discarded him.And now she was moving again.Rebecca’s jaw tightened.Her hand rose, pressing the earpiece more securely into place. “Status?”“Forward position secure,” came the reply. “No movement on the floor. Noise complaint on fifteen—maintenance handled it. Unrelated.”“Understood.” She stepped away from the door, her pace measured, silent. “Night shift arrives at midnight. I’ll brief them before
Chapter 99: The Weight Of Silence .
Hours later, the convoy slowed, then came to a quiet stop outside Noah’s apartment building.9:47 PM.The time lingered on the dashboard longer than it needed to, like it was trying to mark something important. Or maybe he just noticed things like that more now—small, unnecessary details that filled the space when his mind didn’t want to think too hard about anything else.Outside, the evening had settled into that strange, unfinished color. Not quite dark, not really light either. The sky looked tired. Like it had been dragged from blue into black and hadn’t decided where to stay.Noah stayed where he was.The engine cut off, and with it, the low vibration beneath his feet disappeared. The silence that followed wasn’t immediate—it crept in slowly, filling the car inch by inch until there was nothing else left.He didn’t reach for the door.Didn’t move at all, actually.His hands rested on his thighs, fingers slightly curled, like he’d forgotten what they were supposed to do next. His
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