They all turned their attention back to the black-clad operators on screen.

Yael glanced at the feed of Evi1Geni-us. Her stomach heaved as she saw what he was doing to Anya with a drill. From the way the woman’s body jerked and recoiled from the pain suggested she was conscious and totally aware of everything the bastard was doing to her.

“We’ve got him now.” The man beside her touched her upper arm. “I’m Shane, by the way.”

She glanced at him. She didn’t need to know his name. She’d hopefully never see him again after today.

She frowned at the data. She could hear the other HRT guys through the microphone, the slight huff of their breath, the muffled movement of their gear, but she couldn’t hear the sound of a woman being tortured in the background. Evi1Geni-us’s feed was still playing in silence but presumably Anya was actually making a lot of noise. Maybe Evi1Geni-us worried the victim might scream out clues as to his identity or somehow miraculously rip off his mask. Maybe that’s what the weird delay was all about. He could run over and stop the filming and edit out the bits that might give away clues to his identity. Like a super dark version of the Oscar bloopers.

But the silence coming through the HRT mic was puzzling unless Evi1Geni-us had somehow soundproofed the room.

The operators lined up three either side of the door. A guy with a breacher stepped forward.

Shane muttered something that sounded suspiciously like “that’s my job, motherfucker” under his breath.

“Can they hear her?” Yael blurted out.

“Do they hear anything?” Shane spoke up so his voice carried to his boss.

The team leader looked back at them and shook his head. “All quiet.”

Her HRT shadow frowned. “That’s weird.”

One guy used his fingers to count down. The guy with the breacher started to swing.

“Boss, tell them to wait—” Shane began.

“Alex, I—” Yael said.

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