Breaking Point

~Kaelen~

Raina met me at the door at 10 AM.

She had not slept. I could see it, not in her appearance, which was immaculate, but in the quality of her attention. It was sharper than usual. She had the alertness of someone running on adrenaline and the refusal to let an attack go unanswered.

"The server room is this way," she said.

I followed her.

We worked for eighteen hours on the first day.

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