Damien point of view
The parking garage opened below me and I heard his voice before I saw them — Charles, mid-sentence, and then Aria's voice, steady and deliberate and I came around the concrete pillar and saw them and the world narrowed to a single point.
I stopped moving because moving fast was wrong here. Every instinct I had said go to her and every functioning part of my brain said don't.
Barnes's team was ninety seconds out. I knew that from the radio chatter in my earpiece. Ninety seconds was a long time.
"Charles." My voice came out calm, although I was not calm. "Look at me."
He turned his head slightly, keeping Aria in his peripheral vision. His eyes found me and I saw what was in them — the particular desperation of a man who had run out of moves and knew it and was looking for someone to blame for that.
"You ruined everything," he said. "You took her back, You"
