Chapter Thirty
“Those monsters!” Jia spat, her stomach twisting. “You can’t just go down there. They’ll kill you.”
“I don’t have a choice.” Erik’s free hand curled into a fist. “You should flag Emma down. I’m heading down there. We’ve got zero reasons to believe they’re bluffing, and we don’t have a lot of time.”
“You don’t need to flag me down,” Emma announced, her voice slightly distorted. “I found a way to route my signal and apply some data filters to beat the jamming. It’s not perfect, but it’ll have to do.”
“It’s fine,” Erik replied. “That fact you’re on the comm is good enough. Go ahead and try to enter the hotel systems. I’m going to need all the help you can give me if I want to have any chance of getting out of this alive.”
Jia shook her head. “I can’t let you throw your lif
