Shards of Hope

Chapter 73

THE CONSCIOUSLY DRAMATIC and bloody massacre had been meant to be a public declaration of the squad’s weakness, one that would spread fear throughout the world, for if the bogeymen of the Net weren’t safe, who was? But it had ended up a confirmation of Aden’s—thus the squad’s—power.

The catastrophic failure eliminated the group’s success with the Nikita Duncan strike. The world had already forgotten that in the face of Aden Kai’s impossible display. The only way to salvage anything from the situation was to kill him once and for all. No theatrics, no public spectacle, just a simple hit that proved the squad’s mortality.

If he’d been a valuable target before, he was even more so now: take down a man of such immense power and the shock wave would shatter the foundations of the world. And in the meantime, they’d go after his people. Not as much impact to kill an unknown Arrow, but kill two or three, and suddenly, the world would take notice.