The numbers started falling.
00:29:59
00:29:58
00:29:57
Each second sharper than the last and even more louder than the alarm still pulsing faintly through the estate.
“What did you do?” Lorenzo demanded.
“I didn’t do anything!” Sofia shot back, her hands already flying across the console. “This is automated, something we triggered must have set it off…”
“Then stop it.” he barked.
“As you can see I’m trying!” she retorted, scowling at him.
Her voice cracked with frustration.
“It’s in full override…” Isabella whispered.
Her eyes moved from the screen to Lorenzo and back again.
“So what happens when it reaches zero?” Lorenzo asked again.
Sofia didn’t want to answer but she did.
“Best case?” she said quietly. “He loses control completely.”
Her voice dropped further.
“Worst cas
