The moment his feet hit the ground on the far side of the fence, Aiden saw what he was looking for. A large window, low to the ground, slightly ajar to let in the warm Southern California air. Without pausing to consider his options, without waiting for Dr. Jordan, he wrenched the window upward until he created an aperture wide enough to admit his slim body, and slithered in, letting himself drop to a floor that should have been only a couple of feet below him.
He fell and continued falling far longer than it made any sense for him to. The two-foot gap between the bottom of the window and the flash of a polished hardwood floor transformed as he hung in midair into a seven-foot drop to stone. He hit hard, with a reverberating crash, grunting in pain as his hip and shoulder collided with th
