Silence.
That frightened me more than the gunfire.
The hidden iron door had sealed behind us with a heavy metallic thud,
cutting us off from the archive... and from Gabriel.
I couldn't stop staring at it.
My hand rested against the cold steel as through I could somehow feel him
on the other side.
"Come on."
Grim's voice was gentle.
"We have to keep moving."
"I can't."
The words escaped before I could stop them.
"What if he's hurt?"
Grim didn't answer immediately.
He understood.
Because if our places had been reversed...
I knew he would still be standing at that door too.
Mara stepped beside me.
"Evelyn."
I looked at her.
"He knew what he was doing."
"You don't know that."
"I do."
"How?"
Her eyes filled with tears.
"Because I trained him."
The tunnel fell silent.
