Adrian woke in a clean, white room with no windows. The walls were padded. The floor was soft. There was a single door, locked from the outside. Adrian had no memory of how he'd arrived in this space, no understanding of how much time had passed.
He estimated he'd been unconscious for approximately six hours, but the absence of natural light made time estimation impossible.
Adrian searched the room carefully. There were no implements, no objects, nothing that could be used as a weapon or an escape tool. The room appeared to be designed specifically to prevent any kind of self-harm or escape.
Adrian sat on the padded floor and tried to organize his thoughts. He'd been captured by Marcus. Marcus was part of Sterling's network. Thomas Sterling had initiated something called "the next phase
