Off Limits
The moment Peter’s chair hit the floor, the figure dropped the camera into a heavy waterproof pack, turned cleanly on their heel, and vanished into the dark, narrow mouth of the alleyway between the dry cleaners and the bank, their black jacket completely swallowed by the shadows of the storm.
"Stay behind the desk!" Peter commanded, turning his head to look at me for a fraction of a second. His ocean-blue eyes weren't cold or clinical anymore—they were burning with a lethal, absolute fury that made him look completely unhuman. "Thomas! Secure the asset immediately!"
Before I could utter a single word, before I could scream for him to stop or tell him not to run into the dark, Peter turned a