Jason the mind reader

Previously

…She nods. Her face is tense, but her eyes are steady. "Three short flashes. That's the signal." "I'll be watching." She turns and disappears into the shadows, moving toward a tall building on the northern edge of the district. I stand alone at the edge of the warehouse district, the backpack heavy on my shoulders. The city is waking up around me—distant traffic, the first birds, the hum of electricity. Somewhere out there, Steve is still hunting. And I'm about to give him exactly what he wants. I step into the district, my footsteps echoing on the empty pavement, and wait.