The warehouse doors slammed shut.
For one sharp second, nobody moved.
Then Marcus killed the lights.
“Back wall,” he whispered.
Adrian pulled Elena behind him.
“No,” Elena said quietly.
He glanced at her.
“I’m not hiding behind you.”
His eyes met hers.
A beat passed.
Then he nodded.
“Stay beside me.”
“Always.”
Marcus crouched beside the control panel.
“The doors are electronically locked.”
“Can you open them?” Adrian asked.
“Give me a minute.”
“You have twenty seconds.”
Marcus gave him a look.
“Then stop talking.”
Evelyn almost smiled.
The tension broke for half a second.
Then the lights returned.
Every screen displayed the same message.
FACILITY TWO. ASHWOOD ESTATE.
Elena stared.
“Ashwood.”
The estate they had already visited.
The place where they had found the
