Sixteen
It took Grace only a moment to decide she would go alone. She could call for backup, but she’d seen Lake on Heron’s feed. Lake, an unregistered man. Calling backup now meant there was a real possibility the case would be removed from her care. The promise of truth would be lost.
So no backup. Not yet.
Lucky for Heron, Grace still had access to his locked housing community, and the CityRide auto was able to drop Grace off in front of Heron’s whitewashed unit. She crept up the walkway leading to the front door, and turned on her scanner, hoping to sweep both levels and get a sense of where the assailants were so she could prepare her counterattack.
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She frowned at the unit and tried again.
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She hadn’t been prepared to find a firewall. Of course, she wasn’t surprised. T
