Chapter Twenty-One
The gangsters continued shooting, the constant impact of their gunfire against Jia’s shield rattling the exoskeleton. Frustration built on their faces as they pressed the assault, desperate to get at least a couple of rounds through. Jia might have felt pity for them if they weren’t antisocial criminal scum who participated in human trafficking.
She took a slow, even breath, curious about the cargo rather than worried about the gangsters. They weren’t going to win against two high-grade exoskeletons with rifles, especially when Erik and Jia had the high ground, but they weren’t willing to leave it behind. The Lady might have smiled on Erik and Jia and given them something critical to the Core. Whatever it was, there was no reason to let the gangsters leave with it.
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