Sparks Rise
“Lucas has stopped pacing, slowing turning himself inside out with each stride, but the agitation that electrifies the air has billowed out to become something far more dangerous. The temperature in the room ramps up, until I’m sure it’s not just the heat coming back on through the overhead vents. I strain against the side of the cage, trying to see, fighting the urge to kick and kick and kick until I smash it into pieces. I want out.
The door shuts again, muffling the wind’s howling.
“D...ismissed.”
One word. A bolt of dread shoots through my heart. Stops it dead in my chest.
I press my back against the far corner of the crate. There’s a lock between us. A cage. I’m safe in the cage.
Unless he has a key.
Would they have given him a key?
Could he have taken it from Olsen? Where was she? Why didn’t she— His boots squish as the water leaves them.MoreLess
The door shuts again, muffling the wind’s howling.
“D...ismissed.”
One word. A bolt of dread shoots through my heart. Stops it dead in my chest.
I press my back against the far corner of the crate. There’s a lock between us. A cage. I’m safe in the cage.
Unless he has a key.
Would they have given him a key?
Could he have taken it from Olsen? Where was she? Why didn’t she— His boots squish as the water leaves them.MoreLess
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