Chapter Thirty
Damien gripped his lockpicks between bloodstained fingers and unlocked the apartment. Jay was leaning on him to remain upright, and he wasn’t exactly light. Damien called out twice as he entered, but the apartment—like the building itself—had been evacuated, along with most of midtown. Damien had found this old three-story building above a Mexican Grill and helped Jay climb the stairs to the second floor. They had to stop on the second floor because Jay didn’t seem capable of going much farther.
Damien carefully lowered him to the sofa of the second-level apartment, removing his tuxedo jacket first. He kept Jay’s feet on the floor but noticed the lower half of his shirt was stained red.
Even with the meteorite in the ruck, which Damien kept on his back, and Blue Berets an
