PROJECT: VEIL

PROJECT: VEIL CLASSIFIED STATUS: ACTIVE Rain hammered against the train station roof while commuters pushed through the crowded terminal beneath flickering fluorescent lights. Dr. Emma Carter kept her hood low as she moved through the station with a backpack slung tightly over one shoulder. Three days ago, she had a laboratory, armed security, and a normal life. Now she had bruised ribs, stolen files hidden inside her bag, and the growing certainty someone wanted her dead. Or worse. A television mounted high near the platform played silent footage of riots near a quarantined city district while the words NATIONAL HEALTH CONCERN flashed beneath the screen. Most people ignored it. Nobody wanted to know. A train roared past hard enough to shake the floor beneath Emma’s boots. She flinched ins