An explosion detonates through the tunnel.
Concrete erupts.
Lights burst overhead.
Sentinel operatives fly sideways in the blast wave.
And through the smoke—
a woman steps out holding an assault rifle.
Dark hair.
Bloody shoulder.
Fury burning in her eyes.
Her gaze locks directly onto Wu.
Then she says the one thing none of us are prepared for.
“You should’ve killed me when you killed the others.”
30
Clay
The tunnel erupts into chaos.
Concrete dust rains from the ceiling.
Smoke floods the corridor.
Sentinel operatives spin toward the new threat, weapons snapping up in perfect synchronization—
and the woman opens fire first.
Controlled bursts.
Precise.
Brutal.
Two operatives drop before the others even react.
Wu shouts sharply—
“Alive!”
Not aimed at us.
At her.
Interesting.
Very interesting.
The woman ducks behind a support pillar as return fire explodes around her.
