Chapter 143

Alice leaned in, her stomach twisting at the sight of the next target on the list. A summit was taking place in less than forty-eight hours, a closed-door meeting of the world's most powerful leaders. If Graves struck there, it wouldn't just be an attack. It would be an execution. A complete dismantling of order.

"We have to move now," she said, pushing away from the desk. The exhaustion in her limbs begged for rest, but there was no time. "We need every available asset. I don't care what strings we have to pull, Graves doesn't leave that summit alive."

Max hesitated, then nodded, sending out encrypted messages to their remaining allies. The team was battered, wounded, and stretched thin, but there was no choice. They had come too far to stop now.