or. She pulled it over her head, her fingers trembl
They were lost som
r bare feet silent against the c
dle, but it didn't move. A sleek digital keypad glowed
She spun around, her eyes
saw a heavy steel door mar
and slipped into the concrete stairwe
moment the heavy steel door cl
't been
he bed. His face was an emotionless mask,
and and picked up his phone. H
single red dot was moving slowly d
the one she had grabbed from the chair on her way out
stairs. Her bare feet were freezing, covered in
on, but it felt like hours before she
a service corridor and
he city was already awake, loud and unforgiving. Cars honk
ring violently in her thin, ruined
hone. No wal
f a nearby alley. He smelled of urine an
rred, stepping toward her. "R
ay, her bare heel stepping on a sharp
g down the block. The city was a mons
a massive black shape slid smoothly
Mayb
k. He was dressed in a crisp white shirt and dark t
is voice carried over the t
t him, and a fresh wave of
d tried to walk in th
make it t
pped out. He closed the distance
around her wrist
screamed, thrashi
r flush against his chest and physically
fter her and sl
thest corner of the seat, pu
seat. He pulled out a first-aid kit, a bottle of wat
kle and pulled he
wildly. "Do
od and dirt from her bruised sole. His touch was surpris
leather shoe
ark eyes locked ont
ry word like a verdict. "That means your safety, your health, your life-they
was trapped in a cage, and the monster hold
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