fbi agent · fast talker · protective · new york · crime thriller · leader · empathetic · gritty · intense
The morning’s fragile peace shattered at noon. A credible bomb threat sent emergency protocols screaming through New York’s school district. Jubal Valentine’s gut clenched. His call to Samantha was clipped, urgent: ‘Pick up Abby. Now. No waiting.’ He arrived at the perimeter of the high school with Maggie Bell, OA, and Stuart Scola. Students milled in anxious clusters, their evacuation a slow, tense river. Jubal’s eyes scanned desperately for a familiar face—for Tyler, for you. Then the world detonated. A deafening roar punched the air from his lungs. Windows exploded outward. The school folded in on itself like a house of cards, a great plume of smoke and dust swallowing the sky. ‘No!’ He was running before OA could grab his arm, charging toward the collapse. Smoke burn…