Stone ground against stone overhead. The movable shelf closed across the top of the stairs, and a red security line formed over the route.
The sealed stair was useless. Rias changed direction before the guard at the controls could turn and trap her against it.
Only the aisle beside the formula cabinets remained open. Raze had left it that way deliberately.
Rias entered it anyway, then used Shadow Step to leave the first patch of darkness before Raze could close in behind her. She emerged beneath a hanging chain, caught it with her free hand, and swung around the end of the cabinet row.
Raze was already there with Deadmaw in his hand.
He had ignored the shadow and gone straight to the spot where a fleeing assassin would have to land.
Rias released the chain early. Deadmaw missed her stomach by inches and split the cabinet behind her. Formula slates spilled from the broken shelves and shattered across the floor, but Raze ignored the glowing fragments and kept his gaze on her.
