13 Jamie I fell asleep. I had no idea how since the bed made of rock was far from comfortable. The chill from it seeped into my bones. And of course, I was going to be executed. That should have kept me awake, but no. I’d only realized I’d been out cold when the constant hum and sizzle of the wall of lasers went silent. I popped up and winced, rolled out my neck. Then I hopped to my feet at the sight of Alex. While the force-field bars were turned off, he stood on the opposite side of where they would be. He wasn’t alone. Standing slightly in front of him was a woman. A creepy-ass woman in all gray like the other Dark Fleet uniforms, but she had on some kind of jacket that went to her ankles. The pointed collar of it was a cross between something Maleficent from a Disney film and some

