CHAPTER 41
The suppressed round struck the plexiglass exactly where she aimed. It didn’t penetrate. Instead, it pinged off the reinforced barrier with a sharp, distinct noise that instantly silenced the argument inside the office.
Chaos completely erupted immediately.
A chair smashed against the plexiglass, followed instantly by the roar of an unsuppressed automatic weapon. A hail of bullets tore through the partition. Kuznetsov and his associates returned fire, shattering the glass and sending rounds tearing into the warehouse floor and into the stacks of crates near Lauren.
The delay cost her everything. She had been forced to fire from a static position, losing her element of surprise, and she was instantly exposed. She dropped her comms unit and rolled, returning fire instantly, bu
