The air changed as soon as they left it.
Less ozone.
More antiseptic.
Hospital again.
But the hallway felt longer than it had when Jessica chased the denim
jacket man. The angles were... wrong. Not sharply. Subtly. Like the corridor
had been stretched.
Jessica's steps sounded too loud.
Micah's were quieter.
Halden's were barely audible.
They walked in silence until Halden stopped at a door marked with a
number instead of a word.
B-12
No sign, no explanation.
Just a number.
Halden pressed her palm to a plate beside it.
The plate lit green.
The door opened.
Jessica swallowed and stepped inside __
__ and felt her stomach drop.
The room was not a hospital room.
It looked like one at first glance __ bed, chair, monitor stand, cabinets.
But everything was... wrong.
The be
