“I made it,” I said, holding her a little tighter. “Just not where we’d thought.” Then I pushed her back a little, just enough to see her face. “But how did you get here?” I asked, searching her eyes.
An odd expression crossed her face, and she gestured back toward the elevator. I turned and realized there were two others standing there.
One of them was Gloria.
The other was a figure I didn’t recognize, with close-cropped hair and a slim build. But around the eyes and jaw I couldn’t help but notice a distinct similarity to Gloria’s features.
“That’s Alex,” Katherine said. “The two of them rescued me from Maunhouser, with a lot of help from the Actuals.”
Gloria was looking at me with an expression that was part remorse and part fear, all mixed with her usual pride. But the last time I’
