"Initiate the silent counterstrike," Sean commanded softly, his dark eyes fixed entirely on Sia's face. "Destroy every market they touch."
Gumay nodded without a word, his gloved fingers sweeping across the glass panel of the encrypted tablet to transmit the high-level override codes.
The armored transport accelerated through the rain-slicked streets of Neo-Veridia, tires humming against wet asphalt as the convoy bypassed the city's main thoroughfares.
Sia leaned closer to Sean, her hand tightening around his cold fingers as the portable vitals monitor on his medical harness beeped in a rapid rhythm.
"Are you insane, Sean?" Sia whispered, her tone carrying a sharp mixture of terror and awe. "You are bleeding through your bandages, and you are launching a market war?"
"Bleeding i
