~ Vivian POV ~
"Keep firing, you fools!" a guard screamed somewhere in the upper hallway, his voice cut short by a sudden spray of rapid gunfire.
The subterranean floor beneath my feet shook violently as another explosion detonated directly above the vault ceiling. Dust rained down on my dark hair, coating my torn shirt as red emergency lights flashed across the cold brick walls.
I didn't flinch. I sat on the low bench, my wrists held tight in thick iron clamps anchored straight to the floorboards.
Above me, the fight was already over. Nora's forces were tearing through Vance's bio-guards like dry leaves.
A loud screech of tearing iron echoed down the spiral staircase. The heavy vault door crashed outward onto the floorboards with a deafening thud, filling the narrow entryway with thi
