A few minutes before the explosion.
Noah had sent Travis a message.
It was simple. He had told them to attack the students outside, while he had taken care of Damien and Kaelan. They wouldn't come out of the mall for a long time.
They might be eliminated.
Seventy students from Travis's side had been waiting in the buildings further down the road, hidden and ready.
The moment the message came through, they moved, pouring out from the doorways and side streets and breaking into a full run toward the mall's exterior, targeting the fifty students Arisha had stationed around the perimeter.
Travis himself stayed back, out of sight. He kept hidden, just like Noah had said.
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Arisha was standing on the roof of a tall building overlooking the area when she saw them.
Figures emerging from the far buildings, moving fast, spreading across the road in a wide line heading directly toward their perimeter guard.
Her eyes sharpened instantly.
