Chapter 15 - THE SUB-BASEMENT ENCOUNTER
Chloe sprinted down aisle four, dropping to her knees beside Marcus and pressing two fingers against his neck.
"He's alive, just unconscious," Chloe breathed out in relief, feeling a steady pulse beneath his jawline.
Suddenly, a loud metallic crash echoed from the far end of the archive aisle as a heavy fire door slammed shut.
Chloe jumped to her feet, spotting a dark figure in a tailored suit disappearing up the concrete emergency stairwell.
"Hey! Stop right there!" Chloe shouted, giving chase without a second thought to her own personal safety.
She flew up the stairwell steps two at a time, her athletic reflexes honed from years of surviving on the harsh city streets.
The heavy steel door at the top clicked shut just as she reached the ground-floor exit leading into the parking garage.
Bursting through the doors into the subterranean garage, she scanned the sea of parked luxury vehicles for the fleeing intruder.
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A matte-black sports car screeched its tires, tearing out of a parking stall and racing toward the exit ramp at breakneck speed.
Through the tinted rear window, Chloe caught a brief glimpse of a familiar silver-haired man flashing a cruel, mocking grin.
