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Moreno reaches inside the panel.

Three.

He tears out the final circuit board.

The timer goes dark.

Nobody moves.

Nobody breathes.

Moreno stares at the device.

“Clear.”

The room releases one long breath.

I crouch in front of Sally.

She is crying.

“It’s over.”

“No,” she whispers. “It isn’t.”

Holt cuts the ropes around her wrists.

Kane checks the room again.

Will opens the rear door for the bomb team waiting outside.

I help Sally stand.

Her legs shake.

She grabs my arm.

“Where is Sage?”

“Outside.”

“I need to see her.”

I guide her toward the exit.

The moment Sage sees us, she runs.

Will catches her before she reaches the baggage-room door.

“Bomb team hasn’t cleared the building.”

“Sally!”

Sally pulls away from me.

“Sage.”

Will releases her.