Chapter 8 - THE AFTERMATH
The police sirens wailed in the distance, a chaotic symphony merging with the flashing lights of the Vegas strip. Julian and his surviving men were bound in zip-ties, dragged away by Victoria’s private extraction team before the LVMPD could even secure the lobby. Jade sat on the bumper of an ambulance, an EMT wrapping a thermal blanket around her trembling shoulders. The adrenaline was finally wearing off, replaced by the crushing exhaustion of the longest night of her life. She looked at her bloody hands, wondering if she still had a job, or worse, if she was now a target for the rest of her life.
