Chapter Three: Ghost Online

The alcohol drum blew open. Fire rolled across the first SUV. Thermal screens went white. Ethan dropped from the beam, drove a knee into the back of a gunman's neck, took the weapon, turned, and fired twice into the headlights. In the dark, every movement he made seemed calculated in advance. By the time the attackers saw muzzle flash, he was no longer there. Marcus hid beside the drainage channel and heard only clipped impacts, glass breaking, and bodies hitting concrete. Three minutes later, the car wash was quiet again. Ethan dragged the last living attacker across the floor and used the man's face to unlock his phone. A new order sat on the screen. CONFIRM GHOST. BOUNTY OPEN TO GLOBAL CHANNELS. Amount: fifty million dollars.