Chapter 38 Havoc
Havoc
We push into the back office.
Blaze kicks the door in.
Clear.
Computers.
Servers.
Hard drives stacked like gold.
Saint’s voice comes through immediately.
“Get me access.”
Wolf plugs in.
Screens flicker.
Data floods.
Routes.
Shipments.
Names.
Then—
I see something that stops me cold.
A file.
Marked.
GRAY — ACTIVE FILE
My blood runs cold.
“Pull that,” I say.
Saint hesitates.
“Uh… you’re gonna want to see this.”
The file opens.
Photos appear.
Recent.
Too recent.
Aspen.
Dylan.
The farm.
My jaw tightens.
“They’ve been watching longer than we thought,” Blaze mutters.
“No,” I say.
“This is targeted.”
Then the next line loads.
OBJECTIVE: RECOVER ASSET — LOCKBOX / FAMILY LEVERAGE AUTHORIZED
Everything inside me goes still.
Family leverage.
That’s not surveillance.
That’s intent. We have to get back.
I grab the comm.
“Trigger.”
Static.
Then—
“Go.”
“You’re not alone out there,” I say.
A pause.
Then Trigger’s voice drops.
“Copy.”
And I know exactly what that means.