For a fraction of a second, the room froze, caught in the aggressive hum of four phones vibrating at the exact same time. It wasn’t a normal notification. It was that heavy, urgent buzz that instantly makes your stomach drop.
The buzzing stopped. Nobody dared moved.
Silas still didn’t lower his g*n from the doorway where we all stood, his eyes darted down to the screen clipped to his vest. Across the room, Elias was already looking at his phone, his face draining of whatever color it had left.
"Silas..."
"Read it," Silas commanded, his voice deadly tight. Though we all had the same message on our screens, Silas needed to hear it aloud.
"It’s an alert... sent to every local device on this block," Elias muttered, his breath catching as the heavy thud of boots grew louder on the metal
