Chapter 28

• They moved again before sunrise, slipping into the underbelly of the city like ghosts. An old subway maintenance tunnel system beneath an abandoned industrial park became their new tomb. Generators hummed low. Dim red lights cast long shadows across concrete walls. The group was smaller now, more broken, but the fire in their eyes hadn’t died.
• Leo stood over a makeshift table of blueprints and weapons, shirtless, fresh stitches pulling tight across his side. The bounty on their heads had every lowlife and mercenary in three states hunting them. They needed to strike before the net closed.
• Kai leaned against the wall nearby, still feverish but refusing to rest. His dark eyes tracked Leo’s every movement with that possessive hunger that never fully faded.