"Consider it done," Tye said in that professional tone I'd come to rely on. "But first, we lock this floor down completely. If Marco has a way inside the Tower, I have to assume he can get inside this hospital too."
He pulled out his radio and clicked the transmit button. "Unit One, seal the elevators immediately. No one gets off on the 4th floor without my direct visual confirmation. I don't care if it's the Chief of Surgery or the Governor himself. Verify everyone. No exceptions."
I nodded, the exhaustion finally seeping into my bones like lead now that the cameras were gone and the adrenaline was crashing.
The mask I'd worn for the board and the press was slipping, and I could feel myself crumbling beneath it.
I looked over at the waiting area.
