The sharp, localized sting on her earlobe sent a violent jolt down Avery's taut nerves, causing her toes to curl in an involuntary spasm.
At that exact moment, the rest of the world dissolved into absolute silence.
Her sight and hearing failed completely, leaving her tactile senses amplified to an agonizing degree. The heavy, scalding breath rasping against her ear obliterated the last remnants of her clinical rationality. A vast, terrifying blankness exploded in her mind; the lingering dread of the gunfire was instantly uprooted by this predatory, suffocating rush of testosterone.
"Boss! The self-destruct barriers are dropping! We have to move now!" Drake slammed his communicator shut and forced his way over, the biting scent of scorched concrete growing heavier by the second.
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