Chapter - 332
The wind howled around them, a mournful, lonely sound on the side of the mountain.
"Put the gun down, Nadia," Sharon said, her voice steady, though her eyes betrayed her shock. "We're almost out. We have the money. We have the win. Don't throw it away."
"We?" Nadia scoffed. "There is no 'we', Lieutenant. There's Rick, the superhero. There's you, the sidekick. And then there's me. The victim. The baggage."
She gestured with the gun, signaling Rick to step away from the balloon pack containing the Laptop and the Cube.
"Move away from the package, Rick. Slowly."
Rick stepped back, his hands raised. He looked… disappointed. Not surprised. Just disappointed.
"You cut a deal," Rick said. It wasn't a question.
"Valerius," Nadia confirmed. "While you were playing chef, I was in the comms room. I didn't just upload the virus. I opened a private channel."
"He tried to kill us," Sharon argued. "He bombed the building!"
