XXIII
Nurse SallyAt the time, going underground seemed like a good idea.
Lake believed that instead of remaining above ground where she could be seen by anyone, climbing into the darkness of the sewers would get her off the streets after her escape with twenty other women. After she had descended into the storm water drain and entered the maze of tunnels that ran beneath the city, she had stopped at a relatively dry juncture a good twenty minutes from where she had entered the drain and sank to the ground to catch her breath.
The pain in her back was constant, and though she had managed this far, it had not lessened one bit. She sat in place for a minute, allowing herself to indulge in some well-earned rest. She wished Hunter were here. This was his world, a hard, brutal world where th
