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rked for a moment, a useless mechan

saying?" he asked, his voice t

him. I snatched Carmela's hand and s

y near the load-bearing wall, st

er the noise. She accused me of dragging

g but ramrod straight, an ivory dagger

ence!" she cried out. "S

She turned her head and fiercely cursed Bianca, swearing

at the cowering crowd. "If the rest of yo

ained down from the ceiling in thick sheets. The heavy, gilde

to the wide

or assessing the thirty-foot drop to th

long as I executed a proper tactical roll to

ted over the grinding noise

nt your boots t

at me, and her wide eyes reflected n

ttered Silvio's v

ebris, reaching out desperately. He meant

raction of a second before his

tore past

strial cargo netting suspended above the lower crates. The heavy mesh

. I bent my knees, throwing my momentum forwar

ompressing my chest and bringing the sharp, me

attled my organs and force

a!" I s

ly, rolling through the dirt an

t. She laughed out loud, a wild, breathless sou

massive, sha

fectly whole-strong and functional as I t

st-life jump surfac

d locked onto me in mid-air, destroying my ability

rushed me. This time, I carried

ela's arm, kee

inted toward the secure perimeter, movi

sty yellow. The ground heav

stumbling forward until we reached the d

ped, her fingers digg

primal terror as she poi

und from the air. We could only watch as the five-story syndicate hea

Silvio Vitiello was about to learn th