15He and his team were all still wirelessly connected, a fact that Marcus appreciated most days. Because of it, he felt Eric arrive even when his friend was still a good distance away. He didn’t automatically turn to greet him. Instead, he continued facing forward to stare at the upscale building. It was full of luxury private residences where he was pretty sure he was going to find his target getting ready to disappear from his cushy life forever. The chip Kyra and Peyton put in Nathan was still pinging.
“Sorry to pull your a*s out of its comfortable seat at Nero’s com, but I needed help taking down the geeky cyborg. You lost the fire team coin toss…again,” Marcus joked.
Eric’s laughter held so much relief in it, Marcus actually got choked up. He might have lost one family because of th
