Deviation
“Panic shoots through my chest at all of the possibilities. Nope, Melanie’s dead, not waiting to kill me. Daniel’s locked up, I think. Titus is gone. All of the security guards, including Linc, are running virtual training ops all day in the tower. I slow my steps as I realize everyone I know and expect to see is busy elsewhere. Through the open doorway, I hear the sound of rustling fabric. My heart is pounding with the strength of an entire tribe of bass drums.
I edge silently forward, bracing ...a hand on the doorframe, and peek inside.
My surge of adrenaline deflates somewhere near my shins. I exhale so loudly, my guest looks up from the magazine she’s flipping through, tosses it aside, and curls her lip—half smile, half suspicious glare. “Raven, where the hell have you been, biotch?”
“Taylor.” I step inside the room, wiping my sweaty palms on my thighs. Taylor’s eyes flick down, missing nothing. “How did you get in?”
She looks at me like I’ve asked the stupidest question imaginable.MoreLess
I edge silently forward, bracing ...a hand on the doorframe, and peek inside.
My surge of adrenaline deflates somewhere near my shins. I exhale so loudly, my guest looks up from the magazine she’s flipping through, tosses it aside, and curls her lip—half smile, half suspicious glare. “Raven, where the hell have you been, biotch?”
“Taylor.” I step inside the room, wiping my sweaty palms on my thighs. Taylor’s eyes flick down, missing nothing. “How did you get in?”
She looks at me like I’ve asked the stupidest question imaginable.MoreLess
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