Eighteen
There isn’t much in life that can surprise me. I’ve been trained to remain alert, to be constantly aware of my surroundings. Aside from being knocked out in the middle of Creepy Hollow forest and struck on the head while hiding in Scarlett’s Underground room, I can’t think of any other occasion where I’ve been caught off guard.
But there is nothing that can prepare me for the shock of finding Zell here, in this dark and silent cave buried within a mountain, where Nate and I should be perfectly alone.
My brain
cuts
out.
“Excellent job, Nathaniel,” Zell says. “Thank you for getting her here so quickly.”
Getting her here so quickly.
I feel like someone is squeezing my head. I blink. On the other side of the shaft of light, Nate is barely more than an outline. I can’t make out
