The matte-black SUV didn’t slow down as it breached the perimeter of the St. Jude Medical Complex.
The driver slammed the reinforced steel bumper directly into the heavy security gates, shattering the electronic lock and throwing the iron grilles open with a deafening screech of tearing metal. The vehicle skidded across the rain-slicked concrete plaza, coming to a violent, angled halt right before the sliding glass doors of the main emergency entrance. Behind them, the three remaining SUVs of the North Ridge convoy fanned out in a flawless tactical formation, their headlights cutting through the pitch-black downpour like high-powered searchlights.
"Go! Go! Go!" Ethan roared, his voice booming inside the pressurized cabin as he kicked his door open before the vehicle had even fully stoppe
