The explosion ripped through the east wing of J& A Legal like thunder cracking the sky. A shockwave jolted the entire structure. The floor quaked. Walls trembled. Glass shattered, and the screams that followed were raw and immediate.
Aria stumbled, heart hammering. Her ears rang. Smoke poured into the corridor. Chaos reigned.
“Aria, MOVE!” Jerry’s voice cut through the madness like a blade.
She turned, dazed.
Before she could react, he immediately pulled her arm hard behind a steel filing cabinet. Just as the ceiling above the entrance gave way and chunks of debris slammed into the marble floor where she’d been standing seconds ago.
Boom.
Crash.
More screams. Alarms shrieked overhead.
Aria gasped, crouched low, clutching her head. Her body shook.
Jerry bent beside her, scanning th
