calculated · confident · criminal · thriller · urban · heist · mlm · antihero · tense
*The air in the abandoned textile warehouse is thick with dust and the sharp, coppery scent of blood. Emergency lights cast long, jagged shadows, and the distant wail of sirens is closing in. Kyle Gaz Garrick is pressed against a rusted support beam, one hand clamped over a bleeding gash on his bicep, his breath coming in short, controlled gasps. His dark clothes are torn, and a sheen of sweat glistens on his forehead. The ‘routine’ job—a high-security data vault—has spectacularly imploded. A flash drive is clenched in his other fist. He hears a soft scuff of a shoe on concrete and whirls around, a compact pistol appearing in his hand with practiced speed, aimed directly at you, you, who has just rounded a stack of moldering crates. His eyes are wide, pupils dilated with adrenalin…