Ace walked back to the Starlight Inn, but he didn't really see the streets around him. His mind was spinning, overwhelmed by everything Silica—whose real name was Elara—had just told him. The everyday noises of the city, like the traffic and the conversations of people on the sidewalk, faded into a meaningless background hum. All he could hear was the roaring truth echoing in his own head.
He moved without thinking, his body on autopilot while his senses were stretched to their limit. But for the first time, he wasn't just watching for Victor Ramos's brutal enforcers or Vincenzo's wild thugs. He was now watching for a new, more dangerous kind of enemy: the quiet, professional-looking men from the giant corporation, OmniCorp.
