Chapter 31
Terrill realized he wasn’t going to have time to wait for the perfect opportunity to escape. He was going to have to pick among some weak options. He was on guard now on two fronts: on one, he was watching for the slightest weakness in his opponents; on the other, he was watching Sylvie, making sure she wouldn’t make good on her promise.
It was as if the guards could read his intentions. They ramped up security at every point—loopholes he had discovered were closed; gaps in their rotation were filled in; weaker guards were replaced by stronger guards—not so much around him, but around Sylvie, which was both distressing and reassuring. They didn’t want her to come to harm (by other than their own hands, of course) any more than Terrill did.
Terrill overheard one of the guards
