Chapter 38: The East Gate
The warehouse air turned thick the moment the drone’s red dot settled on Bella’s stomach. She didn’t flinch. Didn’t step back. She just stared at the hovering black shape like she could will it out of existence with the force of her glare. The countdown in my head kept running. Ten minutes. Nine fifty-nine. Nine fifty-eight.
Marcus’s voice came sharp in the earpiece. “Snipers have the drone in sight. Clean shot. Say the word.”
I held up a hand. “Hold. We don’t know if it’s armed. One wrong move and it could be rigged to detonate.”
Bella’s eyes never left the drone. “He wants me to walk out there. To the east gate. He wants to see me hand myself over.”
Dragomir’s voice crackled again through the speaker, calm and amused. “Smart girl. You have nine minutes now.
