Page 370 of Jase

The line.

The moment everything breaks.

“No,” I say calmly. “We don’t.”

His smile fades.

“Yes,” he says quietly. “You do.”

Daniel moves slightly beside me.

I feel it.

That tension again.

That question.

But then—

He steps forward.

Puts himself between us and them.

“You’re not taking it,” Daniel says.

Jase glances at him.

Surprised.

Just a little.

The man studies Daniel.

Then sighs.

“Disappointing.”

He lifts a hand.

And everything explodes.

Gunfire.

Chaos.

Movement.

I drop low, firing instantly.

Jase is right beside me.

Always.

Delta Five spreads out behind us, returning fire with brutal precision.

But these men—

They’re not normal.