In the world of the Knife Strife, you don't hear the blade that kills you. You just wake up dead.
Kaelen moved like liquid smoke. He didn't bypass the lasers; he timed his heartbeat to their flicker. When he reached the Iron Curtain, he didn't try to break it. He used a gravity-anchor to pin himself to the ceiling, crawling over the field’s blind spot.
When the guards finally burst in, they found the Baron sitting perfectly upright. He looked like he was sleeping, save for the thin, cauterized line on his neck. On the desk was a single playing card—the Ace of Knives.
His HUD flickered red, highlighting the "Kill-Node"—a microscopic gap in Vane’s personal kinetic armor located right at the base of the skull. The Insta-Kill Kaelen dropped.
