CHAPTER 35Seeing the exposed metallic rods and gears of her right hand articulate so smoothly struck Mara as spidery when she grasped the lever to open the door leading into the Apex. With no idea of what to expect on the other side, she waved Diana and Ginger back to take a peek after opening the door. The metallic hatch-like door clanked loudly as she turned the handle upward. Pausing for a second, she listened for sounds of alarm, but, hearing nothing but her own heartbeat, she opened the portal and tucked her head between the door and its frame.
Inside was a hallway. To the right, it appeared to end in what Mara sensed was an open space or room. To the left, the passage continued for several hundred feet and then curved out of sight. That made sense since the Apex was a large oval str
