High on the frosted ledge of the adjacent commercial rooftop, Lucian Ash watched silently, assessing the situation down on the ground below.
His fingers closed around the grip of his dagger, the dark umbralis-infused metal absorbing the sector's harsh white light as if drinking it in.
Beside him, Samantha adjusted the grip on her spear, her dark eyes tracking the violent concussions shaking the ground below.
Xander had already slipped down the fire ladder with serpentine agility, positioning himself to cut off the eastern service corridor before Kaelen's support could reinforce the arcade.
"Remember the objective," Lucian murmured in a flat, clinical voice.
"We aren't here to break his skull. We simply need to restrain him until the objective is complete."
With a soft, fluid motion, Lucian dropped off the rooftop edge, falling several stories through the air into the open structural void of Sector Seven's library arcade.
