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The world slowed to a sickening crawl. The three-ton iron girder fell through the glare of the military spotlights, shedding rusted bolts and chunks of ancient masonry as it dropped. Directly beneath it, Leo tripped on the wet asphalt, his tiny hands sliding into a puddle of oil and rain.
Nora didn't think about the helicopters. She didn't think about the federal soldiers advancing with their weapons raised. The platinum current inside her blood didn't merely heat up; it froze the air around her into a static charge. She launched her body forward in a flat dive, sliding across the slick pavement, her bare skin tearing against the grit.
She reached Leo a fraction of a second before the iron hit.
Instead of pulling him away, Nora rolled onto her back, scooping her son into the holl
