The transmission came through at 3:47 AM, scrambled and encrypted with a code that hadn't been used in over a decade.
Jude's tablet pinged urgently, pulling him from a restless sleep. He blinked at the screen, his eyes struggling to focus in the dim light of the safe house. The message was short, brutal, and devastating: "Central Command compromised. All assets exposed. Evacuate immediately."
"Wayne!" Jude shouted, his voice cutting through the silence. "We have a problem!"
Wayne was awake in an instant, his hand finding his weapon before his eyes were fully open. "What is it?"
"A message. From an old contact. Central Command has been breached. The Cabal—or whatever's left of it—knows everything. Our safe houses, our contacts, our operations. All of it."
Wayne felt the blood drain fro
