Lucas
Rage. Boiling through my veins. These people don’t deserve a place on Earth. They should be burning in hell.
I promised Aria, I’m bringing hell. It’s time to bring it to life.
I pulled my phone from the pocket.
“Zara,” I say, voice calm and circumscribed. “I need a sweep.”
Her voice crackles through the speaker, sharp and fast.
“I’m on it. Cameras first—give me ten seconds.”
Ten seconds stretch into a lifetime.
I don’t move. Don’t blink.
“Lucas,” Theo says quietly, stepping closer. “She’s safe. Both of them are. We can wait for—”
“Clear,” Zara says suddenly. “No heat signatures. No movement. No one else is inside. It’s empty. Except the one’s already on the floor you knocked out”
Silence.
I close my eyes. Just for a second.
And in that second, I feel it — something anci
