"That is the one thing I cannot do."
Jagger just stared at her.
"But I can do the next best thing," Adriana said. Her voice remained level, but there was iron beneath it now. "I can make sure that when you finally stand in front of her, you're strong enough to matter."
Before he could answer, she turned to Director Ng and gave a short, decisive nod. Director Ng's fingers moved across the tablet without a word.
A new holographic projection materialized between them, a gorilla-type monster frozen in place above the glass table.
It stood thirteen meters tall, broad enough to make the four-story buildings beside it look fragile. Its body was built like a mountain of muscle, hunched forward on massive arms that could flatten a street with a single swing.
