The fighting exploded immediately. Gunfire erupted from every direction while vehicles crashed through barricades and bullets shattered windows.
I stayed close behind Roman and years ago the chaos would have terrified me. Now it felt almost familiar and that realization bothered me more than the shooting.
A mercenary emerged from behind a truck and I fired first and he dropped. Another appeared and Roman handled him.
The battle stretched across several blocks before finally breaking. Bodies. Smoke and burning vehicles.
The cost of Razor's empire and and still it wasn't over. Not even close.
By afternoon the city had become a patchwork of active combat zones. Reports flooded communications and evidence facilities destroyed, police convoys attacked and federal buildings damaged.
Razor'
