Chapter Six — *The Lodge*
Caius put the phone in his pocket.
He did not explain the unknown number. He did not have an explanation and Mara could see that on his face, which was somehow worse than anything he could have said.
"We go inside," he said. "Now."
Nobody argued.
The lodge was small and cold and smelled like dust and old wood. One main room. A kitchen against the back wall. Two doors on the right side, both closed. A single lamp that Zane turned on and immediately turned down to its lowest setting.
Mara sat on the edge of the couch and pressed her hands together between her knees and thought about Renata.
*Good girl. Just make sure you are still standing when they come for you.*
She had been standing in that hall three hours ago.
Now she was gone.
Zane sat across from he
