Chapter Thirty-Four
Sophia coughed dust from her lungs and peered through the haze. The café before her was covered in rubble. Denton was missing. She looked around and found only dead Blue Berets—and Czarina crouching nearby, watching and waiting.
‘Did you see Denton?’ Sophia said.
‘Negative,’ Czarina replied.
Sophia shoved a finger under her vest, searching for the button. It was difficult to get to so she shed the vest, putting her ruck back on over her T-shirt. She hit the button.
‘Nasira,’ she said. ‘I’m here.’
‘I know that,’ Nasira said into her ear. ‘I’m looking right at your ass.’
Sophia looked up and noticed a security camera still intact.
‘Where are you?’ Sophia said, dusting bits of tiles from her legs.
‘Operations control center,’ Nasira said. ‘We sealed in for now.’
