“Someone just forced a message onto every active device within a fifty-yard radius of this block.”

My stomach dropped into a cold abyss.

I reached into my pocket and pulled out my own phone, which had been set to silent.

The screen was glowing, completely overriding my lock settings with a bright white display.

On the screen, a single line of black text was written in bold, stark letters.

*We see you, Adrian.*

I stared at my screen, my thumb trembling against the glass.

The words didn’t disappear.

Beside me, Adrian gently lifted Oliver into his arms, his eyes scanning the dark corners of the warehouse.

“Isabella,” Adrian said, his voice low and tight. “How close do they have to be to send this?”

Isabella was already typing rapidly, her face illuminated by the blue glare of her monitor.

“Within two hundred yards,” she said. “But the signal is bouncing off a dummy tower near the interstate.”

Noah started to whimper, rubbing his eyes with a small, fist-clenched hand.

I reached for him, but Adrian was already kneeling beside Noah’s cot.