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Another man jerked and fell.

Zolotov’s men all scattered.

Knox grinned. “Someone at Sentinel is a good sniper.”

They kept running.

“Get across the street,” he ordered.

She darted across, so focused on reaching the window that she wasn’t paying attention to the traffic.

A car braked and almost hit her. It rocked to a stop, and Knox put one hand on the hood and the other on her lower back.

“Keep going.”

They hit the pavement in front of Sentinel Security.

There was a screech of tires and a black SUV sped down the street. It roared toward them.

“Faster, Nola.”

It jerked to a stop, and men in suits poured out of it.

Crack. The sniper at Sentinel Security fired. Crack.

Knox lifted his handgun and fired too.

Zolotov’s men ducked down behind their SUV.

Nola looked back at the Sentinel Security office.

So close.

There was more gunfire, and Knox knocked her out of the way.

Ahead, the plate-glass window of Sentinel Security shattered into a million tiny pieces.

She bit back a scream.

Suddenly, Knox’s hands slid under Nola’s armpits. He hauled her up, carried her the last few steps, then leaped through the broken window.

CHAPTER TWELVE

Knox landed in a crouch on the glass-littered floor with Nola held securely in his arms.

He looked up…

To see a wall of his Sentinel Security colleagues.

Killian stood in the center, flanked by Nick and Matteo. Standing on either side of them were Bram and Hadley. And off to the side was Cain. All had their weapons drawn and raised.

Devyn was missing, so he guessed she was the sniper providing cover fire outside.

Killian was looking past Knox and Nola. When Knox glanced back and followed his boss’ gaze, he tensed.

Fuck.

Zolotov and several of his men stepped through the broken window into the office, their weapons raised as well.

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