I stared in disbelief as Paxton pulled us both forward, his grip on my jacket like a death trap as we hurtled toward what looked like certain doom. The concrete building ahead grew larger with each passing second, and my heart was hammering against my ribs like it was trying to escape. "Gabriel!" Rico's voice crackled through my headset, panic evident in every word. "Boss, you're heading straight for a building! You need to break away now!" "I can see that, you i***t!" I screamed back into my comm. "You think I'm blind?" "Then why aren't you letting go?" Danny's voice joined in, shrill with fear. "You're going to kill yourself!" "Shut up!" I roared. "All of you, just shut up and let me handle this!" This maniac is going to get us both killed, I thought, watching Paxton's face through

