SIXTEEN
BASEMENT DWELLER
Anna was wondering about the cause of the violent tremor rocking the building when the sprinklers came on.
She pressed her face against the glass window, trying to observe what was happening on the lower floors, but smoke obscured her vision. People were running from the base of the structure like ants after someone threw a rock at their anthill. Even though she heard nothing in her prison, the pandemonium erupting in the courtyard below was unmistakable. The activation of the sprinklers meant there was a fire in the building.
As the water sprayed across the room, Anna realized this might be her one chance at escape. She hurried towards the locked door guarded by Malcolm's thugs, watching her step to keep from slipping on the wet marble floor. Her own clothes w
