Page 265 of Scars of Fate

Adam turned his bound hands toward her.

“Let’s hope they were careless enough to miss both.”

Wynn used the ceramic blade to cut through his restraints.

Adam freed Ghost first.

Then Hawk.

Russ.

Boone.

The airfield workers.

Finally, Colonel Demir stood unsteadily.

Ghost supported him while Adam took the backup card.

“Hydraulic cabinet.”

I moved toward the server units.

Hawk caught my arm.

“Walk around them.”

“That takes longer.”

“You don’t know whether they have motion sensors.”

I walked around.

Wynn followed.

“No.”

She stopped.

“What?”

“You stay back.”

“We don’t have time for this.”

“I agree.”

“Then move.”

She stepped around me and reached the cabinet first.

I closed my eyes.

The woman was going to kill me long before Meridian managed it.

She slid the card across the reader.

The light remained red.