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