CHAPTER SEVEN
NAOMI REACHED OUT AND clung to Shayn, afraid that if she didn’t touch him she’d lose him in the darkness. She could hear the faint beeping of a siren coming from the hall, and there was no light. She could have covered her eyes and have seen no difference.
Something hummed around them and a dim light in the floor illuminated a path towards the door. “Emergency lights,” she muttered.
“It looks like we should follow them,” said Shayn. He laced their fingers together and led her toward the door.
“Wait!” Naomi cried out as they passed a low table. She reached down and felt around for her tablet, careful not to sweep it to the floor. Once the hard metal touched her fingertips she carefully picked it up and placed it in her pocket. “Can’t leave Aileen behind,” she said, a bit e
