Chapter 17Sid kept close to Jeb as the kitchen swarmed with white-dressed people with shaded visors. If he’d ever found Thorn scary, it was nothing compared to these people. He couldn’t tell if they were men, women, or aliens. They moved with scary efficiency, and no one spoke.
The silence made him want to scream.
First, they remove Scott’s body, and as soon as he was off the floor, one of them mopped up the blood as if it was something they did every day. When Thorn had said cleaners, he hadn’t been joking.
One of the white-clad people stepped up to Kannan, pulled a gun, and shot him right between his eyebrows. Sid’s gasp was almost louder than the muted thud of the gun.
It had gone so fast, no hesitation, no words spoken, nothing. Kannan twitched once, but he was gone. Sid stared at
