POV: Mia (Zero)
The moment the words left his mouth “Protocol Red” everything inside me turned.
Not metaphorically.
Literally.
The muscles in my back clenched. My spine arched like a bowstring drawn to breaking. A ringing started in my ears, rising to a scream only I could hear. My vision went double, then narrowed to a single blood-hued tunnel. I staggered back from Eric, my breath caught in my throat like my body no longer recognized how to breathe.
He was smiling.
“Still works,” he muttered. “You were always the Broker’s favorite.”
I couldn’t speak. My jaw locked. My limbs jerked once, then again. My heart pounded so violently it felt like it was trying to punch its way out of my chest.
The code was active.
I didn’t know how it worked.
But it was working.
A firestorm lit my v
