The scream tore through the hallway like a jagged blade, shattering the tense silence and slicing through Cambria's focus.
Her body froze mid-stride as the desperate cry of her son echoed sharply through the comm in her ear. It was a sound that twisted her insides and turned her blood to ice.
"Cam?" Maddox's voice came urgently beside her, catching her sudden halt.
She didn't answer. Her breath caught in her throat as her eyes darted wildly, searching for the source of that terrible sound.
"Cambria," Maddox pressed again, his tone tighter now, laced with fear. "What is it?"
Her hands trembled as she yanked the earpiece free, ripping it from her ear as if to silence the nightmare.
"They're inside," she whispered, voice breaking.
Maddox cursed under his breath and activated his own comm. Julian's voice came through, clipped and breathless, the panic unmistakable.
"We've lost sight of the safe house. Evelyn was never accounted for. Cambria, she "
