*Ari's POV*
So, this is the Golden Zone. It was sickeningly familiar to those suburban roads and city streets we had lived in before the evacuation. Being here felt like I was on a vacation from my new life, when in reality, living in Nightingale was a hellish vacation from our old lives.
We passed a line of bungalows with rich green lawns glistening in the moonlight, and there were different vehicles from bikes to pickup trucks parked on the black driveways. Some agents were out having a smoke or chatting briskly, and I ducked low.
"Won't anybody see us?" I said in the calm breeze.
"Many agents take women home at night," Arian replied. My mind went blank and he elaborated. "It's Emerson's way of bribing us for loyalty. He'll reward agents with any woman from th
