lobal Lo
ouse on the outskirts of the city. Elena had paid six months of rent upfr
g a massive loading dock that could accommod
de the warehouse, her laptop glowing in the dim light, placing order after
roceries. She bought
zen beef, pork, and chicken. She bought 10,000 gallons of cooking oil, 50,000 box
oading dock, the drivers looked at the massive order, th
ver asked, looking around the empty warehouse. "W
large, sealed rolling doors at the back of the warehouse. "Just unload the pallet
hrugged. "Su
k-wrapped pallets of rice onto the concrete. Once they finished, the
ped up to the pallet of rice. She placed h
i
o-ton pallet vanished into the in
r to the next pallet of
t of cooking o
the entire staging zone
in his tracks. He looked at the empty concrete, then looked at the
ered to himself, shaking his head in awe. He handed Elena the
ic. As long as no one was looking directly at her, she could a
repeated. Truck after truck arriv
nly half full, and she was moving on to the most
extreme-cold parkas. She bought 10,000 pairs of insulated snow boots, 5,000 sleep
was time f
ght fifty high-powered compound crossbows, 10,000 carbon-fiber bolts, fifty machetes, tactical tomahawks
long orange shadows across the warehouse floor. Elena was signing
gear to survive the en
a fr
ith broad shoulders clad in a dark, scuffed tactical jacket. A jagged, faded scar cut through his left eyebrow, g
driver. He moved with the sil
instantly calculating. In her past life, she had l
oice cool and dismissive. She turned back to the driver,
low step closer, his eyes scanning the ma
are buying summer clothes and planning beach trips. You're buying enough Ke
dead in the eye. "Elena. And if you're done profi
most imperceptible smirk. He wasn't off
ned and walked out of the warehouse, his f
ttle faster. There was something about him.
n materialized in her vision, flashi
in
ial Individual detect
nnin
Maleeka
: Awakened (F
Level:
nce or eliminate immediately. Do not
slightly as she stare
ken
red prepper. He was li
e man who just walked out of her wareh
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