Chapter 13 · Whispers Through the Glass

Chapter 13: Whispers Through the Glass

"Don't." I grab the bar before he can finish turning the key. "Don't you dare open that."

Kane freezes, one knee on the concrete, his jaw tight in the red emergency light. The key's already halfway in the lock — a slim brass thing he must've lifted off a guard's belt, because that lock belongs to the Alpha command bunker and nobody hands those out.

"Rhee. Listen to me." His voice drops to almost nothing. "In four minutes the shift changes. After that there's no window. You walk out with me now or you don't walk out at all."

"I heard you the first time."

"Then why are you still sitting there like it's a damn waiting room?"

I look at him through the bars — really look, close enough that I can see the stubble he hasn't shaved in two days, the collar of his shirt still creased from the inspection line he dragged himself out of to come find me.