With every clumping step Cara took, it seemed like the hallway was growing longer and longer, stretching out before her like a passageway to hell.
Each step meant excruciating pain, but she couldn’t slow down.
She looked back over her shoulder to see the security guard still watching her curiously. She smiled at him, flashing as much charm as she could muster.
When she turned back around, the sound of voices began to echo around the corner, bouncing off the cold, barren walls as they got closer. She was running out of time.
She hobbled as fast as she could, but still trying not to raise the security guard’s suspicions. There was the door. Only a few yards away. She might just make it.
Then two men in suits rounded the corner. One was tall and lean with silver hair and piercing blu
