Chapter Eighteen: The Tunnel
Darkness swallowed Kylie instantly.
The hidden passage slammed shut behind her just as shouting exploded inside the office.
Her breathing came hard and uneven while she stumbled blindly forward through the narrow tunnel. Cold stone walls brushed against her shoulders as tiny emergency lights flickered weakly overhead every few feet.
What the hell was this place?
The air smelled damp and old, like earth and rain trapped underground for years.
Another muffled crash echoed faintly behind her.
Then voices.
Male voices.
Too distant to make out words.
Kylie forced herself to keep moving.
Her pulse thundered painfully in her ears while panic clawed through her chest.
This couldn’t be happening.
None of this could actually be happening.
Three weeks ago he
