Chapter Six Marina opened the wire door to the armory, and Sophia stepped inside. The space was cramped and square, filled with racks on rails, some wheeled to the very back, compressed against each other. From the shelves Sophia could see, there was an impressive range of both firearms and attachments. DC moved in next to her, their arms touching. She pretended not to notice. ‘Where’s the armorer?’ she asked. ‘Right now, the armorer is me.’ Marina jingled the key as she walked down the aisle. ‘We have body armor for the both of you. It is light and stops everything. Almost everything. But we will get it for you once you choose your babies.’ ‘Babies?’ DC asked. Marina turned her key in one side of a rack, unlocking a row. She pried it from the adjacent rack, pulling across the rails

