Chapter Sixty
Sophia stepped out of the excavated tunnel. Her friends were waiting in the chamber. The ground was mostly mud, rock and water. Pipes hooked to the ceiling and snaked around her. The tracks hadn’t been laid in these tunnels yet, but the bare bones of the curved surface had been assembled. It felt like it was an animal carcass and she was walking through the ribcage.
Fluorescent lighting spaced at intervals gave the chamber enough light, along with a single red bulb that burned above Nasira.
Czarina stepped out from behind Sophia to help create an informal circle. She was patched up, her arm immobilized in a sling. She would need a more thorough deprogramming, but for now she held.
Nasira and Jay leaned along the chamber’s rocky wall. Aviary stood between Nasira and Damien
