Chapter 23 · Tunnel Kill Box

The tunnel map was already gone.

Evie crouched in the cold shaft beneath Iron Gate's west wall, one hand pressed flat against the stone. Cole stood three feet behind her, breathing hard. Leah was farther back, helping two of the newer recruits string demo cord through the support beams. The air smelled like diesel and wet clay.

She'd sent the traitor's body topside an hour ago. The crew had dumped it outside the gate as a warning. But Hammer already had what he needed. The tunnel exits, the spacing between charges, the timing window. Everything.