With cat eyes, Jessica surveyed the placement of explosives on every support beam. The LEDs blinked from green to red.

Beelz and her men repeated the action on the next floor, which housed a grandiose lounge in front of a glossy white conference room. Every corner was home to an animated plant: a swirling stem whose sealed petals housed blue bioluminescence; a cactus-like curiosity with razor-sharp pink petals; a white vine whose stem sprouted dancing dandelions; and fungi with ...