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“Ryan,” I yelled over the gunfire. “You can’t. There are Halcyon snipers out there. That’s why Voss chose this building. It covers the approach to the tower.”
Ryan looked down at his chest. At the golden Trident he had spent years bleeding to earn. The symbol of the elite. The proof that he was the best.
He ripped it off his uniform and let it clatter to the concrete floor.
“Humility, right?” Ryan said, a frantic, wild grin spreading across his face. “Someday you survive because of someone whose name you never knew.”
He checked his magazine. Slapped it back in.
“I’m going to pull the plug on that tower, Emily,” Ryan said.
Before I could grab him, Ryan kicked open the heavy steel door and sprinted out into the blinding, merciless sunlight.
Chapter 4: The Price of Humility
“Ryan!” I screamed, the sound tearing my throat. I tried to lunge after him, but the agony in my shoulder drove me back to my knees.
