Lara's debt

Lara moves like a shadow along the side of the polished glass skyscraper, avoiding the sweeping beams of the streetlights. She reaches the employee side-door, pulls the encrypted pass card from her sleeve, and slides it smoothly through the electronic reader.The indicator light blinks from red to a solid green, and the heavy security door unlocks with a soft, satisfying click.She slips inside immediately, pulling the door shut behind her before the guards in the main lobby can notice a thing. She finds herself in a dimly lit service corridor lined with concrete walls and heavy pipes. According to the blueprints she studied, this corridor leads directly to the private executive elevator—the only lift that goes all the way up to Vance's secure penthouse office.As she moves deeper into the corridor, she hears the faint sound of heavy bootsteps echoing from around the corner ahead. A night patrol guard is walking right toward her position.