Chapter Thirty-Four Jia wasn’t surprised that a group of men lined the back of the room with a mix of rifles and grenade launchers. She swept the machine gun across them without preamble, her heavy rounds cutting through them with ease. The falling grenadiers accomplished nothing other than firing plasma grenades into their group, the resulting explosions scattering the bodies. The front of the room presented the greater concern. Another man with a laser rifle on a tripod fired but missed, blasting a hole through the wall. Erik shredded his chest with a directed burst but didn’t continue shooting. Jia finished her sweep of the rear position and checked her cameras, understanding why Erik hadn’t blown through the entire room. Bound, wounded police officers, including Detective Halil Must