Page 381 of Scars of Fate

“I’m coming back.”

Her eyes filled.

“So am I.”

We separated.

Wynn and Adam moved toward the hostage alcove with two members of Roth’s team.

Hawk, Roth, and I headed toward the primary vault.

The security shutters waited ahead.

One protected the portable dispersal unit.

The second sealed the operative inside the main chamber.

Hawk checked the control panel.

“Still locked.”

“Can you open it?” I asked.

“Yes.”

“Should you?”

Roth raised his weapon.

“Only enough for us to enter.”

Hawk entered the authorization.

The shutter lifted six inches.

We crouched.

No movement inside.

Another foot.

Still nothing.

When the opening reached three feet, I rolled beneath it.

Roth followed.

Then Hawk.

The primary vault appeared empty.

Rows of private boxes covered the walls.

The passage behind them stood open.

A dark trail of blood led toward it.

“He used the tunnel,” Roth said.