"He's doing this because he hates me. He wants to see me beg," Clara stared at Xander with a look the man had never seen before. A look very similar to Ethan when he was hunting. "He won't give that key to you or the shadow mercenaries. He'll only show it to me. And I'm going to make sure he regrets letting me live tonight." Xander paused, looking at Clara with hesitation. But he saw an undeniable determination in her eyes. "Fine. But we have to go in through the sewage line. That's the only path not monitored by the Puppet Master's radar." The car sped toward the old district, where the remnants of Wang Corp's former glory stood like a giant tombstone in the middle of a dead city. Throughout the ride, Clara kept monitoring her phone. News of Thorne Corp's bankruptcy had started to leak

