Chapter One
Jace Hallowell scanned the feeds from various cameras around the business park, stopping when unexpected motion on one of them caught his attention. A car entering the parking lot at two-fifteen in the morning was unusual but not necessarily alarming. People did sometimes show up for work at odd hours. What the vehicle did next, though, set off a few warning bells in his head. Instead of moving into one of the spaces close to a door, the driver parked in a corner well away from the nearest building, in the shadow of several large trees.
After a quick glance at the other screens, all showing the usual nothing, he watched the car. The camera’s resolution wasn’t great and didn’t get much better when he tried to focus in, but he could see the door opening and a figure wearing a l
