Even now, she still saw that school building in Compton where they’d tried to hide from the Calfree forces—the state guard plus Lone Star special ops and corp mercenaries. Maria had crouched in the predawn stillness of the school’s library. Jesse, Dougan, Maurice, and Bob Henry sat next to the hulking shadows of their big bikes, silent and waiting. Leaning their backs against the bookshelves, holding their automatic weapons ready.