She muttered under her breath, so quietly that only Jin Boyuan, standing closest to her, could hear:
"Too late."
Just as the hangar doors were halfway down, creating a narrowing gap between the relative safety of the interior and the deadly cold outside, a burst of movement flashed in the darkness beyond.
Three dark figures sprinted toward the narrowing gap with the speed and coordination of trained operatives. They moved in formation, two flanking, one center, maintaining interval and covering angles even as they ran. The snow swirling around them made them seem like ghosts materializing from the storm itself.
Ah Yu stepped back instinctively, his hand going to his weapon, eyes wide.
"They're armed....."
Gunfire exploded through the night.
