Chapter 26 · The Sacrifice List

Lena's eyes opened.

That should've been good news.

But the floor was shaking, and the core door was screaming.

It wasn't a sound. More like pressure building behind my ribs, in my teeth, the back of my skull. The black metal frame around the door rippled like heat off asphalt, and every chain in the room went tight all at once. The ones holding Elias. The ones I didn't see until they started moving.