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Chapter 27: The Open Source Threat
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ATHENA POV My fingers slipped on the greasy metal of the elevator roof. For a terrifying second, my boots dangled in the empty air of the shaft, the dark void below yawning like an open mouth. Then, Lucien’s hand closed around my wrist. His grip was incredibly tight, almost painful, but it was the only thing keeping me from falling back down into the smoke. With one powerful, fluid pull, he hoisted me up onto the flat, dusty top of the elevator cabin. I scrambled onto my knees, my breath coming in ragged, shallow gasps as I tucked my tablet tightly against my ribs. Lucien climbed up right behind me, his boots landing with a dull, heavy clonk on the hollow metal roof. He didn't waste a second. He crouched low, his dark eyes scanning the concrete walls of the shaft above us. The only light came from the narrow gap between the elevator door and the concrete floor of the garage level, about four feet above our heads. I looked down at his left hand. The wet, dark smear of blood on his
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