My eyes burned as I raced back the way I had come. Maybe there were doors on the other side, where we’d come in.
otherWhy hadn’t I thought of that before?
Because that will take you back down that empty walkway with no doors, back to the guard who didn’t want to let you in here at all.
Because that will take you back down that empty walkway with no doors, back to the guard who didn’t want to let you in here at all.God. No. Just no.
I reached the overlook where I’d stood a few minutes earlier. This time I was drenched in sweat, my heart pounded, my eyes burned. Adrenaline had to be flooding my system because all I wanted to do was run, screaming, into the execution room and drag Kovo out of there.
Except he weighed at least three times what I did. I’d learned the last few days that the
