Raymond moved quickly, pulling Sofia away from the window and pushing her toward the bedroom.
"Stay down," he commanded, his voice firm and authoritative.
More glass shattered as bullets tore through the apartment. Raymond's mind raced through the possibilities. The system said Sofia would be kidnapped, but this looked like an assassination attempt.
[Host,] the system said urgently. [This is not a random attack. It is coordinated. I am detecting three teams of attackers positioned around your building. This is a professional operation.]
"Who hired them?" Raymond demanded as he moved Sofia into the panic room that had been installed in his penthouse for exactly this kind of emergency.
[The data suggests they were hired by a rival faction interested in the power you are acquiring. I am
